Patents by Inventor Richard D. Moshier

Richard D. Moshier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for nuisance alarm reductions
    Patent number: 5865736
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling alarms in medical diagnostic apparatus where an alarm is generated when a measured value for a physiological parameter passes a threshold. The method determines both the amount of time the measured value is past the threshold, and the amount by which the threshold is passed. The alarm is inhibited based upon a combination of (1) the amount of time and (2) how much past the threshold the measured value is. Preferably, the combination is an integral or some function of an integral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark R. Baker, Jr., Richard D. Moshier, Thomas J. Yorkey