Author: claimsbot

1-67. (canceled)
68. A mobile patient monitor, comprising:
at least one blood pressure monitoring device operable to generate at least one blood pressure parameter;
an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring device operable to generate at least one ECG parameter;
a respiratory rate monitoring device operable to generate at least one respiratory rate parameter;
a heart rate monitoring device operable to generate at least one heart rate parameter;
a pulse oximetry device operable to generate at least one oxygen parameter; and
a medical parameter interpretation processor operable to:
receive the at least one ECG parameter, the at least one blood pressure parameter, the at least one respiratory rate parameter, the at least one heart rate parameter, and the at least one oxygen parameter;
store one or more changes to the at least one ECG parameter, the at least one blood pressure parameter, the at least one respiratory rate parameter, the at least one heart rate parameter, and the at least one oxygen parameter;
generate at least one output indication comprising at least one or more alerts; and

a display operable to display the at least one output indication, at least one ECG parameter, the at least one blood pressure parameter, the at least one respiratory rate parameter, the at least one heart rate parameter, and the at least one oxygen parameter; and
a wireless transmitter for transmitting the at least one output indication, at least one ECG parameter, the at least one blood pressure parameter, the at least one respiratory rate parameter, the at least one heart rate parameter, and the at least one oxygen parameter.
69. The monitor of claim 68, further comprising a capnograph operable to generate at least one carbon dioxide parameter.
70. The monitor of claim 68, wherein the medical parameter interpretation processor is further operable to generate a patient status indication being within a normal range based on at least one of the following:
a) the blood pressure parameter is within a normal range;
b) the respiratory rate parameter is normal; and
c) the oxygen parameter is greater or equal to than 95%.
71. The monitor of claim 68, wherein the medical parameter interpretation processor is further operable to generate a patient status indication responsive to a deviation from at least one of the following:
a) the blood pressure parameter is within a normal range;
b) the respiratory rate parameter is normal; and
c) the oxygen parameter is greater or equal to than 95%.
72. The monitor of claim 68, wherein the medical parameter interpretation processor is further operable to generate a patient status indication that comprises a degree of severity of the at least one medical condition responsive to a degree of deviation from at least one of the following:
a) the blood pressure parameter is within a normal range;
b) the respiratory rate parameter is normal; and
c) the oxygen parameter is greater or equal to than 95%.
73. The monitor of claim 68, wherein the medical parameter interpretation processor is further operable to generate a patient status indication that is indicative of a diagnosis of a severity of a respiratory disorder responsive to a quantitative measure of deviation from at least one of the following:
a) the blood pressure parameter is within a normal range;
b) the respiratory rate parameter is normal; and
c) the oxygen parameter is greater or equal to than 95%.
74. The monitor of claim 68, wherein the medical parameter interpretation processor is further operable to generate the at least one output indication responsive to a pattern of changes in one or more of the at least one ECG parameter, the at least one blood pressure parameter, the at least one respiratory rate parameter, the at least one heart rate parameter, and the at least one oxygen parameter over time.
75. The monitor of claim 68, wherein the wireless transmitter is configured to operate over a radio link.
76. The monitor of claim 68, wherein the wireless transmitter is configured to operate over a cellular link.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of reorganizing a database and concurrently providing access to the database for updates, the database including an original data-space having a plurality of original data-elements and a shadow data-space having a plurality of shadow data-elements, the method comprising:
copying contents of an original data-element within the original data-space to a shadow data-element within the shadow data-space;
reorganizing the shadow data-space;
keeping track of a location of an original data-element that is changed after the contents of the original data-element are copied to the shadow data-element; and
copying data from the location of the changed original data-element to a location of a shadow data-element in the reorganized shadow data-space corresponding to the changed original data-element,
wherein said keeping track of a location of an original data-element that is changed, comprises: intercepting a log request that indicates a change to the original data-element; recording in a data data-element in a data data-space information indicating that the original data-element changed; and recording a location of the data data-element in an index data-element of an index data-space, wherein a location of the index data-element within the index data-space corresponds to the location of the original data-element within the original data-space.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information recorded in the data data-element in the data data-space includes a type of change that occurred.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the type of change recorded is at least one of an addition, an update, and a deletion.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicating that the original data-element changed is recorded in non-persistent storage.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicating that the original data-element changed is recorded in persistent storage.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said recording information indicating that the original data-element changed includes recording a position of the original data-element within the original data-space.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the recorded position of the original data-element includes an offset of the original data-element from a base-address of the original data-space.
8. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for reorganizing a database and concurrently providing access to the database for updates, the database including an original data-space having a plurality of original data-elements, a shadow data-space having a plurality of shadow data-elements, a data data-space having a plurality of data data-elements and an index data-space having a plurality of index data-elements, the method comprising:
program instructions for copying contents of an original data-element within the original data-space to a shadow data-element within the shadow data-space and associating the original data-element and shadow data-element using a data data-element;
program instructions for reorganizing the shadow data-space;
program instructions for keeping track of a location of an original data-element that is changed after the contents of the original data-element are copied to the shadow data-element by using the data data-element that is located using an index data-element; and
program instructions for copying data from the location of the changed original data-element to a location of a shadow data-element in the reorganized shadow data-space corresponding to the changed original data-element, wherein said program instructions for keeping track of a location of an original data-element that is changed, comprises: program instructions for intercepting a log request that indicates a change to the original data-element; program instructions for recording information in the data data-element in the data data-space indicating that the original data-element changed; and program instructions for recording a location of the data data-element in the index data-element of the index data-space, wherein a location of the index data-element within the index data-space corresponds to the location of the original data-element within the original data-space.
9. The computer program of claim 8, wherein the information recorded in the data data-element in the data data-space includes a type of change that occurred.
10. The computer program of claim 9, wherein the type of change recorded is at least one of an addition, an update, and a deletion.
11. The computer program of claim 8, wherein the information indicating that the original data-element changed is recorded in non-persistent storage.
12. The computer program of claim 8, wherein the information indicating that the original data-element changed is recorded in persistent storage.
13. The computer program of claim 8, wherein said program instructions for recording information indicating that the original data-element changed includes recording a position of the original data-element within the original data-space.
14. The computer program of claim 13, wherein the recorded position of the original data-element includes an offset of the original data-element from a base-address of the original data-space.

1. A method for producing an optical waveguide attachment device, comprising:
inserting a bare end of an optical waveguide into a first end of a capillary tube, wherein a portion of the optical waveguide extends from the first end and a portion of the bare end extends from a second end of the capillary tube;
taking a measurement of optical loss through a portion of the optical waveguide at or near a collapsed region to be formed;
heating a portion of the capillary tube by exposure to at least two laser beams to collapse the capillary tube onto the optical waveguide to form the collapsed region;
terminating both the optical waveguide and the capillary tube within the collapsed region to form an attachment end; and
taking a measurement of optical loss through a portion of the optical waveguide inserted into the capillary tube after the heating by utilizing the portion of the bare end extending from the second end of the capillary tube.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising rotating the capillary tube and optical waveguide during the heating.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying a vacuum to the capillary tube and optical waveguide during the heating.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising moving the capillary tube and optical waveguide along a longitudinal axis of the capillary tube during the heating.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two laser beams are each substantially simultaneously directed to different locations about the capillary tube.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein taking the measurements of optical loss before and after the heating comprises interrogating a grating written into the portion of the bare end extending from the second end of the capillary tube.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A transmitting circuit, comprising
a signal modulation conversion circuit, which receives an inputted signal and performs a predetermined modulation or a predetermined signal conversion, and outputs a signal lower in resolution than said inputted signal;
an amplifier of amplifying a signal outputted from said signal modulation conversion circuit;
an isolation unit, one terminal of which is connected to the output of said amplifier; and
a filter, which is connected to the other terminal of said isolation unit, and reduces an unnecessary frequency component of the signals outputted from said amplifier;
wherein, in said isolation unit, magnitude of input reflection coefficient is smaller than magnitude of input reflection coefficient of said filter in a frequency band width from the frequency in which half the sampling frequency of said signal modulation conversion circuit is subtracted from the mean frequency of the signal outputted from said filter to the frequency in which half the sampling frequency of said signal modulation conversion circuit is added to the mean frequency of the signal outputted from said filter.
2. The transmitting circuit according to claim 1, comprising an orthogonal data generator of generating an orthogonal data,
wherein said signal modulation conversion circuit comprises:
a vector data converter which is connected to the output of said orthogonal data generator of outputting a data smaller in resolution with respect to the magnitude expressed by a square root of the sum of squares of the orthogonal data; and
a modulator connected to the output of said vector data converter;
wherein said amplifier is connected to the output of said modulator.
3. The transmitting circuit according to claim 1, comprising a polar data generator, which generates an amplitude data and a phase data, and outputs said amplitude data generated from a first output, and outputs said phase data generated from a second output,
wherein said signal modulation conversion circuit comprises:
a scalar data converter which is connected to the output of said first output of said polar data generator of outputting a data lower in resolution than an input;
a power source control unit connected to the output of said scalar data converter; and
an angle modulator connected to said second output of said polar data generator;
said amplifier serving as an amplitude modulator,
wherein said amplitude modulator is connected to the output of said angle modulator and the output of said power source control unit, and the output is connected to said isolation unit.
4. The transmitting circuit according to claim 1, comprising a signal generator of generating a signal,
wherein said signal modulation conversion circuit has the scalar data converter which is connected to the output of said signal generator of outputting a data lower in resolution than an input, and
wherein said amplifier is connected to the output of said scalar data converter.
5. The transmitting circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said isolation unit is an isolator.
6. The transmitting circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said isolation unit is an attenuator.
7. A transmitting circuit, comprising
a signal modulation conversion circuit, which receives an inputted signal and performs a predetermined modulation or a predetermined signal conversion, and outputs a signal lower in resolution than said inputted signal;
an amplifier of amplifying a signal outputted from said signal modulation conversion circuit;
a power supply unit of supplying a power to said amplifier;
a circulator, which has a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, and outputs the signal inputted from said first terminal from said second terminal, and outputs the signal inputted from said second terminal from said third terminal, and outputs the signal inputted from said third terminal from said first terminal, and in which said first terminal is connected to the output of said amplifier;
a filter, which is connected to said second terminal of said circulator, and in which an unnecessary frequency component from among the signals outputted from said amplifier is attenuated;
a power recycle unit, in which an input is connected to said third terminal of said circulator, and the output is connected to the output of said power supply unit, and an inputted signal is converted into a direct current signal and is outputted.
8. The transmitting circuit according to claim 7, comprising an orthogonal data generator of generating an orthogonal data,
wherein said signal modulation conversion circuit comprises:
a vector data converter which is connected to the output of said orthogonal data generator of outputting a data smaller in resolution with respect to the magnitude expressed by a square root of the sum of squares of the orthogonal data; and
a modulator connected to the output of said vector data converter;
wherein said amplifier is connected to the output of said modulator.
9. The transmitting circuit according to claim 7, comprising a polar data generator, which generates an amplitude data and a phase data, and outputs said amplitude data generated from the first output, and outputs said phase data generated from the second output,
wherein said signal modulation conversion circuit comprises:
a scalar data converter which is connected to the first output of said polar data generator of outputting a data lower in resolution than an input; and
an angle modulator connected to second output of said polar data generator,
wherein said power supply unit is a power source control unit connected the output of said scalar data converter,
wherein said amplifier serves as an amplitude modulator,
wherein said amplitude modulator is connected to the output of said angle modulator and the output of said power source control unit.
10. The transmitting circuit according to claim 7, comprising a signal generator of generating a signal,
wherein said signal modulation conversion circuit has a scalar data converter which is connected to the output of said signal generator of outputting a data lower in resolution than an input,
wherein said amplifier is connected to the output of said scalar data converter.
11. The transmitting circuit according to claim 2 or 8, wherein said vector data converter comprises:
an original data generating unit of generating a in-phase signal I and quadrature-phase signal Q and an amplitude component of the orthogonal signal composed of said signal I and signal Q from the inputted signal;
a delta sigma modulator of converting said amplitude component into a signal having a resolution smaller than the resolution of said amplitude component;
a first multiplying unit of outputting a first data obtained by multiplying a normalized data I in which said signal I is divided by said amplitude component by said converted signal; and
a second multiplying unit of outputting a second data obtained by multiplying a normalized data Q in which said signal Q is divided by said amplitude component by said converted signal.
12. The transmitting circuit according to claim 2 or 8, wherein said vector data converter comprises:
an orthogonal input terminal, to which the orthogonal data having the signal I and the signal Q is inputted;
an operation circuit connected to said orthogonal data input terminal;
a first vector quantizer connected to the output side of said operation circuit; and
an output terminal connected to the output side of said first vector quantizer;
said signal I and said signal Q forming a predetermined vector,
wherein said operation circuit is a circuit, in which a unit circuit comprising: a first vector subtractor having a first terminal and a second terminal; and a vector integrator connected to the output side of said first vector subtractor is connected in n (n is a natural number) pieces,
wherein the output of said output terminal andor the output of said each vector integrator is inputted to said second input terminal of the first vector subtractor of said each unit circuit;
wherein said orthogonal data input terminal is connected to said first input terminal of said first vector subtractor of said first unit circuit;
wherein each of said unit circuit is mutually connected by the output terminal of said vector integrator and said first input terminal of said first vector subtractor;
wherein said first vector subtractor outputs an orthogonal data in which a vector made by the orthogonal data inputted to said second input terminal is subtracted from a vector made by orthogonal data inputted from said first input terminal;
wherein said vector integrator integrates a vector composed of said inputted orthogonal data; and
wherein said first vector quantizer outputs a quantization predetermined value with respect to at least the magnitude of an inputted vector.
13. The transmitting circuit according to any one of claims 3, 4, 9 and 10, wherein said scalar data converter is a delta sigma modulation circuit.
14. The transmitting circuit according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein said power recycle unit comprises:
a diode;
a bias circuit of supplying a bias voltage to said diode; and
a capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the output of said diode, and the other of which is grounded.
15. The transmitting circuit according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein said power recycle unit comprises:
a balun;
a pair of diodes connected to two outputs of said balun, respectively;
a pair of bias circuits for supplying a bias voltage to said pair of diodes, respectively; and
a pair of capacitors, which are connected in parallel to each output of said pair of diodes, and the other of which are grounded.
16. A communication equipment, comprising:
a duplexer connected to an antenna;
a transmitting circuit of outputting a transmitting signal to said duplexer; and
a receiving circuit of receiving an inputted received signal from said duplexer;
wherein, for said transmitting circuit, the transmitting circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, and 7 to 10 is used.
17. An audio equipment, comprising:
a transmitting circuit of outputting an audio signal; and
an audio output unit of outputting said audio signal outputted from said transmitting circuit as a sound;
wherein, for said transmitting circuit, the transmitting circuit according to claim 4 or 10 is used.
18. A video equipment, comprising:
a transmitting circuit of outputting a video signal; and
a display unit of displaying said video signal outputted from said transmitting circuit;
wherein, for said transmitting circuit, the transmitting circuit according to claim 4 or 10 is used.
19. A transmitting method, comprising the steps of:
a signal modulation conversion step, which receives an inputted signal and performs a predetermined modulation or a predetermined signal conversion, and outputs a signal lower in resolution than said inputted signal;
an amplifying step of amplifying a signal processed by said signal modulation conversion step;
an isolation step of passing a signal processed by said amplifying step; and
a filter step of reducing an unnecessary frequency component of the signals processed by said amplifying step;
wherein in said isolation step, magnitude of input reflection coefficient is smaller than magnitude of input reflection coefficient of said filter step in a frequency band width from the frequency in which half the sampling frequency of said signal modulation conversion step is subtracted from the mean frequency of the signal processed by said filter step to the frequency in which half the sampling frequency of said signal modulation conversion step is added to the mean frequency of the signal processed by said filter step.