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Reading device in wired communication with a probe having an embedded memory device

  • US 9,050,001 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2012
  • Issued: 06/09/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A monitoring system for a physiological sensor, comprising:

  • a reading device; and

    a probe having a housing, wherein the probe is electrically connected to the reading device via a wired interface;

    wherein the probe comprises;

    a physiological sensor configured as a Wheatstone resistive bridge balancing circuit;

    a memory device integrated within the housing of the probe such that the sensor and memory device are prevented from being separated from one another during use, wherein the memory device is electrically connected in parallel with the sensor;

    wherein communication between the reading device and the probe occurs via the wired interface utilizing a same number of electrical connections between the reading device and the probe as would be required if the memory device were eliminated.

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