Appeal No. 1997-0915
Application 08/369,853
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1-5, 7-13, and 15-27.
We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to a patient
monitoring apparatus as may be understood from claim 1
reproduced below.
1. Patient monitoring apparatus for displaying, on
a display device, medical data processed by a monitor and
collected from a patient during a patient monitoring mode
of operation using a plurality of sensors, the apparatus
adapted for use in a system which includes a plurality of
sensors, the apparatus comprising:
a portable monitor, enclosed in a first housing, for
receiving and processing patient data during said patient
monitoring and developing therefrom signals suitable for
causing display of the patient data on a display device
during said patient monitoring;
a data acquisition cartridge, enclosed in a second
housing, coupled for communicating with a selected one of
the plurality of sensors, the data acquisition cartridge
adapted for collecting patient data from a selected
sensor, for conditioning the collected patient data and
for transmitting the conditioned data to said portable
monitor for processing therein during said patient
monitoring; and
an independently positionable, self contained data
acquisition pod, enclosed in a third housing, coupled for
communicating with a selected one of the plurality of
sensors, the data acquisition pod adapted for collecting
further patient data from a further selected sensor, for
conditioning the further patient data and for
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