Sensor for radiance based diagnostics
First Claim
1. A sensor, for radiance based diagnostics, comprising a performing component having at least one radiance source for radiating a tissue and an adhering component, characterized by:
- said performing component further comprising at least one detector for detecting rays reflected from within said tissue and wherein one surface of said performing component faces said tissue; and
said adhering component having one surface facing the tissue, said adhering component configured to hermetically fasten the performing component to said tissue such that the radiance source and detector are facing, contiguous with and compress the tissue;
wherein said one surface of said performing component protrudes from the plane of the adhering component surface in the direction of the compressed tissue thereby to exclude external light, and direct light from the radiance source; and
wherein, when operative, the adhering component is configured to hermetically fasten the performing component to the tissue to seal off the detector from the radiance source so that rays emitted from the radiance source are unable to reach the detector through any other medium except from the tissue and to the extent that the detector only receives rays which are reflected from within the tissue and whereby external light and direct light from the radiance source are excluded.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a sensor for radiance based diagnostics of body tissues comprising a performing component and an adhering component, the performing component comprising at least one radiance source for radiating a tissue and at least one detector for detecting rays emitted from the radiance source. The adhering component is capable of fastening the performing component to a tissue such that the radiance source and detector are facing and contiguous with the tissue, and such that when operative, the adhering component hermetically fastens the performing component to the tissue to the extent that the detector only receives rays which are reflected from within the tissue. The sensor may include a controlling device which senses external conditions and which is capable of controlling the sensor in response to the sensed conditions. The sensor may also be in communication with an electronic circuit, which may control the radiance source and/or detector and perform analysis of the data received by the detector.
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21 Claims
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1. A sensor, for radiance based diagnostics, comprising a performing component having at least one radiance source for radiating a tissue and an adhering component, characterized by:
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said performing component further comprising at least one detector for detecting rays reflected from within said tissue and wherein one surface of said performing component faces said tissue; and
said adhering component having one surface facing the tissue, said adhering component configured to hermetically fasten the performing component to said tissue such that the radiance source and detector are facing, contiguous with and compress the tissue;
wherein said one surface of said performing component protrudes from the plane of the adhering component surface in the direction of the compressed tissue thereby to exclude external light, and direct light from the radiance source; and
wherein, when operative, the adhering component is configured to hermetically fasten the performing component to the tissue to seal off the detector from the radiance source so that rays emitted from the radiance source are unable to reach the detector through any other medium except from the tissue and to the extent that the detector only receives rays which are reflected from within the tissue and whereby external light and direct light from the radiance source are excluded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for radiance based diagnostics comprising a sensor and an electronic circuit in communication with the sensor components and capable of controlling the sensor components operation, said sensor comprising a performing component having at least one radiance source for radiating a tissue and an adhering component, characterized by:
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said performing component further comprising at least one detector for detecting rays reflected from said tissue and wherein one surface of said performing component faces said tissue; and
said adhering component having one surface facing the tissue, said adhering component configured to hermetically fasten the performing component to said tissue such that the radiance source and detector are facing, contiguous with and compress the tissue;
wherein said one surface of said performing component protrudes from the plane of the adhering component surface in the direction of the compressed tissue thereby to exclude external light and direct light from the radiance source; and
wherein, when operative, the adhering component is configured to hermetically fasten the performing component to the tissue to seal off the detector from the radiance source so that rays emitted from the radiance source are unable to reach the detector through any other medium except from the tissue and to the extent that the detector only receives rays which are reflected from within the tissue and whereby external light and direct light from the radiance source are excluded. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for radiance based analysis of body tissues comprising the steps of
configuring a sensor, said sensor comprising a performing component and an adhering component, said performing component having at least one radiance source for radiating a tissue and at least one detector for detecting rays reflected from within said tissue; -
fastening said sensor to the body tissue thereby to hermetically fasten the performing component to the body tissue;
radiating the body tissue and detecting the light reflected from within tissue; and
obtaining and analyzing data from the sensor;
whereby said sensor is configured to exclude external light and direct light from the radiance source.
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