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The Design of a Pulse Oximeter to MIDI Output Conversion Unit – a Technical Report

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Acknowledgments

The OR Connectivity Project would like to thank the Department of Anesthesia (Sickkids) Innovation, Informatics and Technology program and the medical engineering department at the Hospital for Sick Children, and Thomas Looi for continued guidance.

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This study was funded by internal department funds and did not receive external funding

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

    L. J. MacLean, R. Saab, A. Gordon & C. T. Matava

  2. The Centre for Image Guided Innovation and Therapeutic Intervention, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

    L. J. MacLean, R. Saab & A. Gordon

  3. The Institute for Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, The University of Toronto, 164 College St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada

    L. J. MacLean, R. Saab & A. Gordon

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  1. L. J. MacLean
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Correspondence to C. T. Matava.

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MacLean, L.J., Saab, R., Gordon, A. et al. The Design of a Pulse Oximeter to MIDI Output Conversion Unit – a Technical Report. J Med Syst 42, 41 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-0897-6

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