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SPATIAL IMAGING METHODS FOR BIOMEDICAL MONITORING AND SYSTEMS THEREOF

  • US 20110319742A1
  • Filed: 09/08/2010
  • Published: 12/29/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for monitoring at least one biomedical characteristic, comprising:

  • illuminating a first microneedle coated with one or more regions of a chemical sensing material;

    capturing one or more digital images of the first microneedle, wherein at least one of the one or more digital images is captured after the first coated microneedle has been actuated to penetrate a subject'"'"'s skin;

    spatially extracting pixel information from the captured one or more images to define one or more pixel sample areas corresponding to the one or more regions of a chemical sensing material;

    determining one or more spectral characteristics for each of the one or more pixel sample areas; and

    determining the at least one biomedical characteristic for each of the one or more pixel sample areas based on the determined one or more spectral characteristics for each of the one or more pixel sample areas.

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