Method and apparatus for monitoring neuromuscular blockage

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PATENT NO 5131401
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07580294

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The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for monitoring neuromuscular blockage, and more specifically contemplates the quantitative measurement of movement of the skin of a patient overlying an electrically simulated skeletal muscle as an indicia of such blockage. The preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention includes a piezoelectric film affixed over the patient's skin, the film generating an electric current in proportion to the magnitude of skin movement.

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AXON MEDICAL INC1308 SOUTH 1700 EAST BOX 5 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84108

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Orr, Joseph A Salt Lake City, UT 68 2633
Westenskow, Dwayne R Salt Lake City, UT 26 1774

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