Reusable pulse oximeter probe and disposable bandage method
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating the intra-departmental or inter-institutional transport of a patient requiring pulse oximeter monitoring, and wherein at each department and institution different pulse oximeters and oximeter probes are used for monitoring said patient, comprising:
- affixing to said patient a bandage apparatus having a modular emitter receptacle and a modular detector receptacle incorporated thereon constituting an affixed disposable bandage apparatus, providing each said different pulse oximeter probe with a modular emitter housing and a modular detector housing adapted to matedly engage and/or disengage said emitter and detector receptacles, respectively, of an affixed disposable bandage apparatus, and connecting said modular emitter receptacle and said modular detector receptacle with a respective modular emitter housing and modular detector housing of different pulse oximeters at each department and/or institution without changing said affixed disposable bandage apparatus.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating the intra-departmental or inter-institutional transport of a patient or patients requiring the pulse oximeter monitoring, and wherein the pulse oximeters used for monitoring the patient may be of different manufacturers, comprising affixing to the patient a bandage apparatus having a modular emitter and detector receptacles incorporated thereon. Each different manufacturers'"'"' pulse oximeter probe is provided with modular housings adapted to matedly engage and/or disengage the receptacles of the disposable bandage apparatus, thus enabling the patient to be monitored by pulse oximeters of different manufacturers without changing the bandage apparatus.
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1. A method of facilitating the intra-departmental or inter-institutional transport of a patient requiring pulse oximeter monitoring, and wherein at each department and institution different pulse oximeters and oximeter probes are used for monitoring said patient, comprising:
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affixing to said patient a bandage apparatus having a modular emitter receptacle and a modular detector receptacle incorporated thereon constituting an affixed disposable bandage apparatus, providing each said different pulse oximeter probe with a modular emitter housing and a modular detector housing adapted to matedly engage and/or disengage said emitter and detector receptacles, respectively, of an affixed disposable bandage apparatus, and connecting said modular emitter receptacle and said modular detector receptacle with a respective modular emitter housing and modular detector housing of different pulse oximeters at each department and/or institution without changing said affixed disposable bandage apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of facilitating the intra-departmental or inter-institutional transport of a patient requiring pulse oximeter monitoring, and wherein at each department and institution different pulse oximeters and oximeter probes are used for monitoring said patient, comprising:
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affixing to said patient a bandage apparatus having a modular emitter receptacle and a modular detector receptacle incorporated thereon constituting an affixed disposable bandage apparatus, providing each said different pulse oximeter probe with a modular emitter housing and a modular detector housing adapted to matedly engage and/or disengage said emitter and detector receptacles, respectively, of an affixed disposable bandage apparatus, and connecting said modular emitter receptacle and said modular detector receptacle with a respective modular emitter housing and modular detector housing of different pulse oximeters at each department and/or institution without removing said affixed disposable bandage apparatus.
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