Vital signs monitor
First Claim
1. A vital signs monitor comprising:
- first means adopted to be disposed at a selected location on a patient to pass at least exhaled gases therethrough;
second means coupled to said first means to perform a plurality of resistive measurements of certain predetermined parameters of said exhaled gases and a plurality of optical absorption measurements of other predetermined parameters of said exhaled gases; and
third means coupled to said second means responsive to said plurality of resistive measurements and said plurality of optical absorption measurements to provide individual read outs of at least a value of carbon dioxide in said exhaled gases, a value of tidal volume of said exhaled gases and a value of a respiration rate of said patient.
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Abstract
A vital signs monitor comprising a first device capable of being disposed at a selected location on a patient to pass at least exhaled gases therethrough; a second device coupled to the first device to perform a plurality of resistive measurements of certain predetermined parameters of the exhaled gases and a plurality of optical absorption measurements of other predetermined parameters of the exhaled gases; and a third device coupled to the second device responsive to the plurality of resistive measurements and the plurality of optical absorption measurements to provide individual read outs of at least a value of carbon dioxide in the exhaled gases, a value of tidal volume of the exhaled gases and a value of a respiration rate of the patient.
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1. A vital signs monitor comprising:
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first means adopted to be disposed at a selected location on a patient to pass at least exhaled gases therethrough; second means coupled to said first means to perform a plurality of resistive measurements of certain predetermined parameters of said exhaled gases and a plurality of optical absorption measurements of other predetermined parameters of said exhaled gases; and third means coupled to said second means responsive to said plurality of resistive measurements and said plurality of optical absorption measurements to provide individual read outs of at least a value of carbon dioxide in said exhaled gases, a value of tidal volume of said exhaled gases and a value of a respiration rate of said patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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