METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARBITRATING TO OBTAIN BEST ESTIMATES FOR BLOOD CONSTITUENT VALUES AND REJECTING HARMONICS - Patent 0966665

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EP 0 966 665 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	29.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/52

(21)	Application number: 97906323.0

(22)	Date of filing: 21.03.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 5/ 00^{( . )}
A61B 5/ 145^{( . )}
A61B 5/ 1495^{( . )}
G01N 21/ 31^{( . )}

A61B 5/ 0245^{( . )}
A61B 5/ 1455^{( . )}
G01N 21/ 27^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/IB1997/000292

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/043071 (01.10.1998 Gazette 1998/39)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(71)	Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated
	Pleasanton, CA 94588 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BAKER, Clark, R., Jr. Castro Valley, CA 94546 (US) YORKEY, Thomas, J. San Ramon, CA 94583 (US)

(74)	Representative: Belcher, Simon James
	Urquhart-Dykes & Lord Tower House Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA Leeds LS2 8PA (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARBITRATING TO OBTAIN BEST ESTIMATES FOR BLOOD CONSTITUENT VALUES AND REJECTING HARMONICS