Single-use disposable spirometry sensor

- Nellcor Puritan Bennett
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a single-use disposable spirometry sensor, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an end elevational view thereof, opposite that shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view thereof, opposite that shown in FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of the handle in the views is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D411010
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 24, 1997
Date of Patent: Jun 15, 1999
Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett (Pleasanton, CA)
Inventors: Brian Arthur Harbrecht (Platte City, MO), Alvin Frederick Meyer (Kansas City, MO), William D. Uzzell (Springhill, KS), Christopher David Lasnier (Overland Park, KS), Rick D. Harryman (Olathe, KS)
Primary Examiner: Stella Reid
Law Firm: Hovey, Williams, Timmons & Collins
Application Number: 0/76,922
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Pulmonary (38) (D24/164)
International Classification: 2402;