| CPC A61B 5/14551 (2013.01) [A61B 5/7203 (2013.01); A61B 5/7221 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |

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9. A patient monitoring method comprising:
storing, by a memory device, a signal generated by a noninvasive physiological sensor monitoring a patient, the signal being responsive to a physiological condition of the patient;
determining, by one or more hardware processors, a functional oxygen saturation measurement, a methemoglobin measurement, and a carboxyhemoglobin measurement from the signal;
determine a dishemoglobin measurement from the signal without using the methemoglobin measurement and the carboxyhemoglobin measurement;
determining, by the one or more hardware processors, a first fractional oxygen saturation measurement from the signal using a first algorithm, the first algorithm using as inputs from the functional oxygen saturation measurement, the methemoglobin measurement, and the carboxyhemoglobin measurement;
determining, by the one or more hardware processors, a second fractional oxygen saturation measurement from the signal using a second algorithm different from the first algorithm, the second algorithm using as inputs the functional oxygen saturation measurement and the dishemoglobin measurement; and
determining, by the one or more hardware processors, an output fractional oxygen saturation measurement for presentation to a user from the first fractional oxygen saturation measurement and the second fractional oxygen saturation measurement.
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