METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OXYGENATION LEVELS OF COMPARTMENTS AND TISSUE
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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 may comprise hardware or software (or both) may adjust one or more algorithms based on whether tissue being monitored was traumatized or is healthy. 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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21. A method for automatically monitoring oxygenation levels of a compartment of a human body for automatically detecting conditions of a compartment syndrome, comprising:
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automatically monitoring oxygenation levels of the compartment in a continuous manner with the computing device coupled to the compartment sensor; automatically monitoring oxygenation levels of healthy tissue with the computing device coupled to a sensor in a continuous manner, the sensor detecting systemic perfusion of the human body from the healthy tissue; automatically monitoring blood pressure of the human body in a continuous manner with the computing device, the blood pressure comprising diastolic and systolic blood pressure values; and activating an alarm with a computing device when both the blood pressure of the human body comprising the diastolic and systolic blood pressure values decreases and oxygenation levels of the compartment sensor start decreasing in value compared to the oxygenation levels of the sensor for the healthy tissue. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for automatically monitoring oxygenation levels of a compartment of a human body for automatically detecting conditions of a compartment syndrome, the system comprising:
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a compartment sensor configured for automatically detecting oxygenation levels of injured tissue of the human body in a continuous manner; a sensor configured for automatically detecting oxygenation levels of healthy tissue of the human body in a continuous manner; a blood pressure device configured for automatically sensing blood pressure of the human body in a continuous manner, the blood pressure comprising diastolic and systolic blood pressure values; and a computing device coupled to the compartment sensor, the sensor, and blood pressure device;
the computing device configured for monitoring the blood pressure of the human body and for monitoring the oxygenation levels of the human body, the computing device monitoring oxygenation levels of the injured tissue from the compartment sensor;
the computing device monitoring oxygenation levels of the healthy tissue from the sensor configured for automatically detecting oxygenation levels of healthy tissue;
the computing device activating an alarm when both the blood pressure of the human body comprising the diastolic and systolic blood pressure values decreases and oxygenation levels of the compartment sensor start decreasing in value compared to the oxygenation levels of the sensor configured for automatically detecting oxygenation levels of healthy tissue. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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