Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Chemical analysis
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-25
2007-12-25
Barlow, John (Department: 2863)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Chemical analysis
C702S138000, C073S865100
Reexamination Certificate
active
11256304
ABSTRACT:
The invention disclosed herein employs an algorithm, the Gas Formation Model (“GFM”), to calculate the formation of free gas in a human body. The GFM is based on a novel theory of the formation of free gas relative to the physiology of the human cardiovascular system. Additionally, the GFM utilizes a novel means for the solution of integro-differential equations, the type of equations that derive from the introduction of physiological parameters. GFM-based dive computers utilize novel inputs, including a measure of exercise at depth to reflect the state of an individual's cardiovascular system. GFM-based dive computers also produce novel outputs, including the actual volume of free gas present in a diver's cardiovascular system. The GFM is implemented as a practical computational tool by means of a incorporating the algorithm into a dive computer.
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Crow Steven
Lewis John
Barlow John
Kauth, Pomeroy, Peck & Bailey LLP
Moffat Jonathan
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