Device for transmitting information via a patient tube in an intensive care or anesthetic machine
First Claim
1. A medical system comprising medical equipment, a patient tube having a first end remote from said medical equipment and a second end proximate said medical equipment and containing a fluid medium and a device for transmitting information via said patient tube for communicating with said medical equipment, said device comprising signal source means disposed at said first end of said tube for emitting signals carrying information into said fluid medium, said signals propagating longitudinally through said fluid medium inside said tube, and receiver means disposed at said second end of said tube for receiving said signals and for communicating said information carried by said signals to said medical equipment.
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Abstract
In a device for transmitting information via a patient tube from a location near the patient to an intensive care or anesthetic machine, at least one signal source is arranged at one end portion of the tube to deliver information-carrying signals which propagate longitudinally through the medium inside the tube. At least one receiver is arranged at the other end of the tube to receive the signals.
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- 1. A medical system comprising medical equipment, a patient tube having a first end remote from said medical equipment and a second end proximate said medical equipment and containing a fluid medium and a device for transmitting information via said patient tube for communicating with said medical equipment, said device comprising signal source means disposed at said first end of said tube for emitting signals carrying information into said fluid medium, said signals propagating longitudinally through said fluid medium inside said tube, and receiver means disposed at said second end of said tube for receiving said signals and for communicating said information carried by said signals to said medical equipment.
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