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Patient monitoring unit for surgical use

  • US 4,869,266 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1987
  • Issued: 09/26/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A patient monitoring unit for use during surgical procedures comprising weighing means incorporated into an operating table for continuously measuring the weight of a patient, computer means having input/output means and processing and storage means, said computer means responsive to said weighing means to enable said computer output means to display changes in the patient'"'"'s weight as they occur during the course of the surgical procedure, intravenous pump means responsive to said changes in said patient'"'"'s weight and selectively operable to provide a supply of intravenous fluids to said patient in proportion to said weight change, alarm means connected to said computer means for signaling sudden excessive patient weight changes, said computer means including means for automatically correcting the patient'"'"'s weight to account for additions to the patient in excess of a predetermined amount during the course of a surgical procedure.

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