Monitoring gaseous oxygen concentration

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PATENT NO 5402665
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08066275

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Apparatus for monitoring gaseous oxygen concentration that includes an oxygen sensor for providing an electrical sensor signal that varies as a function of oxygen concentration at the sensor. Processor circuitry compares oxygen concentration indicated by the sensor signal to at least one threshold level, and indicates when such oxygen concentration at the sensor departs from such threshold concentration level. The apparatus is calibrated by exposing the sensor to a calibration gas having an oxygen concentration equal to the desired threshold concentration level, and storing in the processor circuitry electrical indicia indicative of operating characteristics of the sensor at such threshold oxygen concentration level. When the apparatus is thereafter employed for monitoring a gas of undetermined oxygen concentration, the operating characteristics of the sensor reflected by the sensor output signal are compared to the prestored indicia for determining when oxygen concentration at the sensor crosses the threshold concentration level.

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RESPIRONICS INC1501 ARDMORE BOULEVARD PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA 15221-4401 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cao, Tuan Q 3238 W. Denison Ave., Davenport, IA 52804 17 387
Hart, Russell F 9104 130th St., Blue Grass, IA 52726 13 211

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