Patents Assigned to Nellcor Puritan Bennett Corporation
  • Integrated activity sensor
    Patent number: 6041783
    Abstract: A motion transducer is embedded in a section of cable interconnecting a primary medical sensor with associated electronics. By affixing the section containing the transducer to a portion of a patient's anatomy, information relating to the parameter of primary concern as well as the patient's activity can be gathered without the complexity normally associated with instrumenting a patient for the acquisition of such data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Corporation
    Inventor: Roger A. Gruenke