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Thomas J. Yorkey
Also filed as: YORKEY THOMAS · YORKEY THOMAS J
31 granted patents·7 pending applications·4,567 citations·filing 1995–2025
98Inventor score
Files withNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC9KCI LICENSING INC5NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC5HU DEAN4INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS4
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38 records- 0197US7457652B2Method and circuit for indicating quality and accuracy of physiological measurementsMALLINCKRODT INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 25, 2008·94 cites·12 claims
- 0295US8753322B2Controlled negative pressure apparatus and alarm mechanismHU DEAN·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 17, 2014·55 cites·25 claims
- 0395US6721584B2Method and apparatus for estimating physiological parameters using model-based adaptive filteringNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 13, 2004·259 cites·4 claims
- 0495US5853364AMethod and apparatus for estimating physiological parameters using model-based adaptive filteringNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 29, 1998·542 cites·41 claims
- 0594US7315753B2Pulse oximeter with parallel saturation calculation modulesNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 1, 2008·210 cites·29 claims
- 0694US6675031B1Method and circuit for indicating quality and accuracy of physiological measurementsMALLINCKRODT INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 6, 2004·349 cites·20 claims
- 0793US8103325B2Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological dataSWEDLOW DAVID·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 24, 2012·239 cites·18 claims
- 0893US6836679B2Method and apparatus for estimating physiological parameters using model-based adaptive filteringNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 28, 2004·203 cites·37 claims
- 0993US6083172AMethod and apparatus for estimating physiological parameters using model-based adaptive filteringNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 4, 2000·368 cites·37 claims
- 1091US6411833B1Method and apparatus for estimating physiological parameters using model-based adaptive filteringNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 25, 2002·266 cites·2 claims
- 1190US8858516B2Controlled negative pressure apparatus and absorbency mechanismHU DEAN·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 14, 2014·23 cites·14 claims
- 1289US7336983B2Pulse oximeter with parallel saturation calculation modulesNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 26, 2008·32 cites·58 claims
- 1389US7130671B2Pulse oximeter sensor off detectorNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 31, 2006·120 cites·5 claims
- 1489US6463310B1Method and circuit for storing and providing historical physiological dataMALLINCKRODT INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 8, 2002·273 cites·20 claims
- 1588US7302284B2Pulse oximeter with parallel saturation calculation modulesNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 27, 2007·26 cites·10 claims
- 1688US6094592AMethods and apparatus for estimating a physiological parameter using transformsNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 25, 2000·446 cites·32 claims
- 1788US5865736AMethod and apparatus for nuisance alarm reductionsNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 2, 1999·525 cites·17 claims
- 1888US5645060AMethod and apparatus for removing artifact and noise from pulse oximetryNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 8, 1997·430 cites·17 claims
- 1986US10314954B2Controlled negative pressure apparatus and alarm mechanismKCI LICENSING INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 11, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 2082US8795246B2Alarm systemHU DEAN·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 5, 2014·9 cites·35 claims
- 2182US8728046B2Controlled negative pressure apparatus and alarm mechanismHU DEAN·Filed 2011·Granted May 20, 2014·10 cites·14 claims
- 2281US8133176B2Method and circuit for indicating quality and accuracy of physiological measurementsPORGES CHARLES·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 13, 2012·24 cites·41 claims
- 2381US7931599B2Method and apparatus for estimating a physiological parameterNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 26, 2011·11 cites·5 claims
- 2479US9517000B2Method and system for steerable medical device path definition and following during insertion and retractionINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 13, 2016·9 cites·6 claims
- 2575US9943629B2Alarm systemKCI LICENSING INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 17, 2018·4 cites·14 claims
- 2671US9913572B2Method and system for steerable medical device path definition and following during insertion and retractionINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 13, 2018·1 cites·8 claims
- 2770US7865224B2Method and apparatus for estimating a physiological parameterNELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 4, 2011·23 cites·38 claims
- 2869US9579430B2Controlled negative pressure apparatus and alarm mechanismKCI LICENSING INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 28, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 2969US8568302B2Method and system for steerable medical device path definition and following during insertion and retractionDONHOWE CAITLIN QUANCE·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 29, 2013·8 cites·5 claims
- 3067US12369780B2Method and system for steerable medical device path definition and following during insertion and retractionINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 29, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 3161US2018250453A1Alarm systemKCI LICENSING INC·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 3258US2018333039A1Method and system for steerable medical device path definition and following during insertion and retractionINTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 3358US2010121148A1Method and system for steerable medical device path definition and following during insertion and retractionINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3457US2013253331A1Method and apparatus for estimating pulse rateCOVIDIEN LP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3555US2025221774A1Image guided cancer treatment system and methodsPROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORP·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3653US11291760B2Controlled negative pressure apparatus and alarm mechanismKCI LICENSING INC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 5, 2022·0 cites·17 claims
- 3753US2011071375A1Method and apparatus for estimating physiological parameters using model-based adaptive filteringNELLCOR INC A DELAWARE CORP·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 3849US2012143025A1Method and circuit for indicating quality and accuracy of physiological measurementsPORGES CHARLES·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
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