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Artificially induced blood pulse for use with a pulse oximeter

US4883055A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 1988
Grant dateNov 28, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/6824
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An artificially induced blood pulse used for measuring oxygen saturation in arterial blood is produced by a cuff, wrapped around a body member having an artery upstream from a testing site, when a squeezing pulse is applied by the cuff to the body member.

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