Optical Monitoring and Computing Devices and Methods of Use
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a substrate;
at least one light source mounted on the substrate and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation that optically interacts with a vasculature and generates an optically interacted signal;
a plurality of detectors mounted on the substrate and configured to detect the optically interacted signal; and
a stabilizing matrix arranged on the substrate and substantially surrounding the at least one light source and the plurality of detectors, the stabilizing matrix being configured to absorb vibration and thereby reduce motion artifacts detectable by the plurality of detectors.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to medical devices and, in particular, to optical computing devices configured to monitor cardiac-related conditions. One optical computing device includes a substrate, at least one light source mounted on the substrate and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation that optically interacts with a vasculature and generates an optically interacted signal, a plurality of detectors mounted on the substrate and configured to detect the optically interacted signal, and a stabilizing matrix arranged on the substrate and substantially surrounding the at least one light source and the plurality of detectors. The stabilizing matrix may be configured to absorb vibration and thereby reduce motion artifacts detectable by the plurality of detectors.
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20 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a substrate; at least one light source mounted on the substrate and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation that optically interacts with a vasculature and generates an optically interacted signal; a plurality of detectors mounted on the substrate and configured to detect the optically interacted signal; and a stabilizing matrix arranged on the substrate and substantially surrounding the at least one light source and the plurality of detectors, the stabilizing matrix being configured to absorb vibration and thereby reduce motion artifacts detectable by the plurality of detectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 5. The device of claim 5, wherein the processing device is a wireless transmitter configured to communicate the signal data to an adjacent computing system adapted to receive and process the signal data.
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11. A device, comprising:
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a housing having a front surface and a back surface; a substrate having a front side and a back side, the back side being removably coupled to the back surface of the housing; at least one light source mounted on the front side of the substrate and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation that optically interacts with a vasculature and thereby generates an optically interacted signal; a plurality of detectors mounted on the front side of the substrate and configured to detect the optically interacted signal; and a stabilizing matrix arranged on the front side of the substrate and substantially surrounding the at least one light source and the plurality of detectors, the stabilizing matrix being configured to absorb vibration and thereby reduce motion artifacts detectable by the plurality of detectors. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for detecting cardiac-related conditions, comprising:
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emitting electromagnetic radiation through a vasculature using at least one light source mounted on a substrate, the electromagnetic radiation being configured to optically react with the vasculature and reflect an optically interacted signal; detecting the optically interacted signal with a plurality of detectors mounted on the substrate, the plurality of detectors being configured to generate signal data; absorbing vibration and reducing motion artifacts detectable by the plurality of detectors with a stabilizing matrix, the stabilizing matrix being arranged on the substrate and substantially surrounding the at least one light source and the plurality of detectors; receiving the signal data with a processing device communicably coupled to the plurality of detectors; and processing the signal data to determine the cardiac-related conditions. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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