Oximeter sensor with digital memory recording sensor data
AssigneeNellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
InventorsMichael Fein, Paul Mannheimer, Adnan Merchant, Charles Porges, David Swedlow, Marcia Fein
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods that relate to a sensor with memory. Specifically, one embodiment includes a method of sensor operation, comprising a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detecting element configured to detect the light, and a memory storing a language code or country code, the memory providing access to an oximeter monitor to read the language code or country code.
Claims14
An oximeter sensor, comprising:
- a light emitting element configured to emit light;
- a light detecting element configured to detect the light;
- and
- a memory storing a language code or country code, the memory providing access to an oximeter monitor to read the language code or country code.
A method of manufacturing an oximeter sensor, comprising:
- providing a light emitting element configured to emit light;
- providing a light detecting element configured to detect the light;
- and
- storing a language code or country code in a memory, the memory providing access to an oximeter monitor to read the language code or country code.
A method of oximeter sensor operation, comprising:
- projecting light into a patient with a light emitting element;
- detecting the light with a light detecting element;
- and
- providing a language code or country code in a memory of the oximeter sensor to an oximeter monitor.
An oximeter system, comprising:
- an oximeter sensor, comprising:
- a light emitting element configured to project light into a patient;
- a light detector configured to detect the light;
- a memory storing a language code or country code;
- and
- an access point configured to provide access to the memory;
- and
- an oximeter monitor, comprising:
- an output circuit configured to provide signals to the oximeter sensor;
- and
- a read circuit configured to read the language code or country code from the memory of the oximeter sensor via the access point.
An oximeter monitor, comprising:
- a drive circuit configured to provide signals to circuitry of an oximeter sensor that is coupleable to a patient;
- and
- a circuit configured to receive a language code or country code from a memory of the oximeter sensor.
A method of oximeter monitor operation, comprising:
- providing signals to circuitry of an oximeter sensor that is coupleable to a patient;
- and
- receiving a language code or country code from a memory of the oximeter sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.