Royalties Receivable	9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2012
Royalties Receivable	6. Royalties Receivable The royalty receivable of $7.2 million as of September 29, 2012 represents the Company’s estimated amount due for the three months ended September 29, 2012. Pursuant to the settlement agreement with Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc. (currently Covidien Ltd., or Covidien), the royalties are paid to the Company based on a percentage of sales of Covidien U.S. based pulse oximetry products. The Company recognizes royalty revenue based on the royalty rate per the settlement agreement multiplied by its estimate of Covidien’s sales for each quarter. Any adjustments to the quarterly estimate are recorded prospectively in the following quarter, when the Company receives the Covidien royalty report and payment, which is generally 60 days after the end of each of Covidien’s fiscal quarters. On January 28, 2011, the Company entered into a second amendment to its settlement agreement with Covidien. As part of this amendment, which became effective on March 15, 2011, Covidien has agreed to pay the Company a royalty at a rate of 7.75% of its United States pulse oximetry revenue, as that term is defined in the January 28, 2011 second amendment, at least through March 15, 2014. In exchange for this royalty payment, the Company has provided Covidien with a covenant not to sue for its current pulse oximetry products, but not for any other technologies that Covidien may add, pursuant to the second amendment.

6. Royalties Receivable

The royalty receivable of $7.2 million as of September 29, 2012 represents the Company’s estimated amount due for the three months ended September 29, 2012. Pursuant to the settlement agreement with Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc. (currently Covidien Ltd., or Covidien), the royalties are paid to the Company based on a percentage of sales of Covidien U.S. based pulse oximetry products. The Company recognizes royalty revenue based on the royalty rate per the settlement agreement multiplied by its estimate of Covidien’s sales for each quarter. Any adjustments to the quarterly estimate are recorded prospectively in the following quarter, when the Company receives the Covidien royalty report and payment, which is generally 60 days after the end of each of Covidien’s fiscal quarters.

On January 28, 2011, the Company entered into a second amendment to its settlement agreement with Covidien. As part of this amendment, which became effective on March 15, 2011, Covidien has agreed to pay the Company a royalty at a rate of 7.75% of its United States pulse oximetry revenue, as that term is defined in the January 28, 2011 second amendment, at least through March 15, 2014. In exchange for this royalty payment, the Company has provided Covidien with a covenant not to sue for its current pulse oximetry products, but not for any other technologies that Covidien may add, pursuant to the second amendment.