METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OXYGENATION LEVELS OF A COMPARTMENT FOR DETECTING CONDITIONS OF A COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
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A method and system for continually monitoring oxygenation levels in real-time in compartments of an animal limb, such as in a human leg or a human thigh or a forearm, can be used to assist in the diagnosis of a compartment syndrome. The method and system can include one or more near infrared compartment sensors in which each sensor can be provided with a compartment alignment mechanism and a central scan depth marker so that each sensor may be precisely positioned over a compartment of a living organism. The method and system can include a device for displaying oxygenation levels corresponding to respective compartment sensors that are measuring oxygenation levels of a compartment of interest. The method and system can also monitor the relationship between blood pressure and oxygenation levels and activate alarms based on predetermined conditions relating to the oxygenation levels or blood pressure or both.
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5. A method for monitoring oxygenation levels of a compartment of a human body for detecting conditions of a compartment syndrome, comprising:
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monitoring oxygenation levels of the compartment with the compartment sensor; monitoring blood pressure of the human body; monitoring a relationship between the blood pressure and the oxygenation levels; determining if conditions exist that may indicate a compartment syndrome may occur in the human body; and activating an alarm when both the blood pressure and oxygenation levels start decreasing in value. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for monitoring oxygenation levels of a compartment of a human body for detecting conditions of a compartment syndrome, the system comprising:
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one or more compartment sensors for detecting oxygenation levels of the human body; a blood pressure device for sensing blood pressure of the human body; a computing device coupled to the one or more of compartment sensors and blood pressure device;
the computing device for monitoring the blood pressure of the human body and for monitoring the oxygenation levels of the human body, the computing device monitors a relationship between the blood pressure and oxygenation levels and determines if conditions exist that may indicate that a compartment syndrome exists in the human body based on the relationship, wherein the computing device increases a frequency at which the oxygenation levels and blood pressure are monitored if the oxygenation levels and blood pressure fall within a predetermined range of values. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for monitoring oxygenation levels of a compartment of a human body for detecting conditions of a compartment syndrome, the system comprising:
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one or more compartment sensors for detecting oxygenation levels of the human body; a blood pressure device for sensing blood pressure of the human body; and a computing device coupled to the one or more compartment sensors and blood pressure device;
the computing device for monitoring the blood pressure of the human body and for monitoring the oxygenation levels of the human body, the computing device monitors a relationship between the blood pressure and oxygenation level and determines if conditions exist that may indicate that a compartment syndrome exists in the human body based on the relationship, wherein the computing device compares oxygenation levels between an injured portion of the human body and an uninjured portion of the human body. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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