[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 157 (Monday, August 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49549-49550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20568]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Disposable Pulse 
Oximeter Assembly and Protective Cover Therefor

AGENCY: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the 
availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 09/
389,353 entitled ``Disposable Pulse Oximeter Assembly and Protective 
Cover Therefor'' and filed September 3, 1999. Foreign rights are also 
available. This patent has been assigned to the United States 
Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 
ATTN: Command Judge Advocate, MCMR-JA, 504 Scott Street, Fort Detrick, 
Frederick, Maryland 21702-5012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elizabeth Arwine, Patent Attorney, 
(301) 619-7808 or telefax (301) 619-5034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This invention is a protective covering to 
protect off-the-shelf disposable pulse oximeter sensors from bodily or 
surgical fluids. The protective covering will envelop or encase the 
inserted pulse oximeter sensor up to a point on the connection cable 
extending from the

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pulse oximeter sensor. The protective covering is a polypropylene, 
rubber, or similar material which is tapered from the large width at 
the entrance to the narrower width at the blind end. The protective 
covering is bilaminar in nature to contain a substantially rectangular 
pulse oximeter.

Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-20568 Filed 8-11-00; 8:45 am]
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