MASIMO CORPORATION v. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION, 09-80-LPS (2015)
Court: District Court, D. Delaware
Number: infdco20151202b46
Visitors: 6
Filed: Dec. 01, 2015
Latest Update: Dec. 01, 2015
Summary: ORDER LEONARD P. STARK , District Judge . At Wilmington this 1st day of December, 2015: For the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion issued this date, the Court ADOPTS IN PART and REJECTS IN PART the recommendations contained in Chief Magistrate Judge Thynge's Report and Recommendation. The Court also OVERRULES IN PART and SUSTAINS IN PART the parties' objections to the Report and Recommendation. Defendants' motion for summary judgment is DENIED. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the disp
Summary: ORDER LEONARD P. STARK , District Judge . At Wilmington this 1st day of December, 2015: For the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion issued this date, the Court ADOPTS IN PART and REJECTS IN PART the recommendations contained in Chief Magistrate Judge Thynge's Report and Recommendation. The Court also OVERRULES IN PART and SUSTAINS IN PART the parties' objections to the Report and Recommendation. Defendants' motion for summary judgment is DENIED. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the dispu..
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ORDER
LEONARD P. STARK, District Judge.
At Wilmington this 1st day of December, 2015:
For the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion issued this date, the Court ADOPTS IN PART and REJECTS IN PART the recommendations contained in Chief Magistrate Judge Thynge's Report and Recommendation. The Court also OVERRULES IN PART and SUSTAINS IN PART the parties' objections to the Report and Recommendation. Defendants' motion for summary judgment is DENIED.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the disputed claim language of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,157,850 (the "`850 patent"), 7,509,154 (the "`154 patent"), 8.019,400 (the "`400 patent"), and 5,337,745 (the "`745 patent") shall be construed as follows:
Term Court's Construction
"based upon said physiological "determining at least two possible indications of said
signal, determining at least two physiological parameter based on at least two alternative
possible indications of said calculations on at least some of the same sensed
physiological parameter based on physiological signal data."
at least two alternative
calculations for said physiological
parameter" and related terms
"said scan" "the analysis to qualify the plurality of indication values
to be considered as possible resulting indications for the
physiological parameter."
"determine a resulting indication "determine a resulting indication from the possible
that likely most closely correlates indications that likely most closely correlates to the
to the physiological parameter." physiological parameter."
"a selection module responsive to This element is construed under 35 U.S.C. § 112(f) as
the result of said scan to identify at follows:
least one resulting indication as
representative of said Function: identifying at least one resulting indication as
physiological parameter" representative of said physiological parameter
Structure: a processor that receives as an input the result
of the analysis to qualify the plurality of indication
values to be considered as possible resulting indications
for the physiological parameter and is programmed to
identify at least one resulting indication as representative
of the physiological parameter, and equivalents thereof
"a processor configured to perform This element does not need construction under 35 U.S.C.
a method comprising ... selecting § 112(f)
one of the plurality of possible
oxygen saturation values as an
oxygen saturation measurement
based upon an analysis to
determine which of the plurality of
possible oxygen saturation values
corresponds to the oxygen
saturation of the pulsing blood"
"determination of confidence in "determination of the level of certainty that the signal
the accuracy of physiological accurately represents a physiological parameter"
signals"
"adjustably smooth the plurality of "average the plurality of resulting values by adjusting the
values" filter weights"
"speed up the adjustable "give higher weight to the newest measurement"
smoothing"
"slow down the adjustable "give lower weight to the newest measurement"
smoothing"
"concentration" "the quantity of an absorptive substance in the blood
relative to the quantity or volume of solvent in the
blood"
Source: Leagle
