CONTINUOUS TRANSDERMAL MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A system for continuous transdermal monitoring of a target tissue segment, the system comprising a sensor package comprising:
- a pulse oximetry sensor comprising a plurality of light detectors arranged as an array, the plurality of light detectors comprising a first light detector and a second light detector, the first light detector and the second light detector each, respectively, configured to;
detect a light reflected by the target tissue segment; and
transmit a pulse oximetry reading of the target tissue segment, the pulse oximetry reading based, at least in part, on the light reflected by the target tissue segment;
wherein the sensor package is configured to;
analyze the pulse oximetry reading from the first light detector and the pulse oximetry reading from the second light detector;
assess the accuracy of the pulse oximetry reading from the first light detector relative to the pulse oximetry reading from the second light detector;
identify a preferred pulse oximetry reading;
designate a preferred light detector based, at least in part, on the preferred pulse oximetry reading; and
output the pulse oximetry reading from the preferred light detector.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of methods and systems for continuous transdermal monitoring (“CTM”) are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment of a continuous transdermal monitoring system comprises a sensor package. The sensor package may include a pulse oximetry sensor having a plurality of light detectors arranged as an array. One exemplary method for continuous transdermal monitoring begins by positioning a pulse oximetry sensor system, similar to the system described immediately above, adjacent to a target tissue segment. Then, the method continues by detecting a light reflected by the target tissue segment. Then, the method continues by transmitting a pulse oximetry reading(s), based at least in part on the light reflected by the target tissue segment, of the target tissue segment. Then, the method continues by analyzing the pulse oximetry reading(s). Then, the method continues by assessing the accuracy of the pulse oximetry reading from the first light detector relative to the pulse oximetry reading from the second light detector.
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1. A system for continuous transdermal monitoring of a target tissue segment, the system comprising a sensor package comprising:
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a pulse oximetry sensor comprising a plurality of light detectors arranged as an array, the plurality of light detectors comprising a first light detector and a second light detector, the first light detector and the second light detector each, respectively, configured to; detect a light reflected by the target tissue segment; and transmit a pulse oximetry reading of the target tissue segment, the pulse oximetry reading based, at least in part, on the light reflected by the target tissue segment; wherein the sensor package is configured to; analyze the pulse oximetry reading from the first light detector and the pulse oximetry reading from the second light detector; assess the accuracy of the pulse oximetry reading from the first light detector relative to the pulse oximetry reading from the second light detector; identify a preferred pulse oximetry reading; designate a preferred light detector based, at least in part, on the preferred pulse oximetry reading; and output the pulse oximetry reading from the preferred light detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of continuous transdermal monitoring of a target tissue segment, the method comprising:
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positioning a pulse oximetry sensor adjacent to the target tissue segment, the pulse oximetry sensor having a plurality of light detectors arranged as an array, the plurality of light detectors comprising a first light detector and a second light detector; detecting, by the first light detector and the second light detector, a light reflected by the target tissue segment; transmitting, by the first light detector and the second light detector, a pulse oximetry reading of the target tissue segment, the pulse oximetry reading based, at least in part, on the light reflected by the target tissue segment; analyzing the pulse oximetry reading from the first light detector and the pulse oximetry reading from the second light detector; and assessing the accuracy of the pulse oximetry reading from the first light detector relative to the pulse oximetry reading from the second light detector; identifying a preferred pulse oximetry reading; designating a preferred light detector based, at least in part, on the preferred pulse oximetry reading; and outputting the pulse oximetry reading from the preferred light detector. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for continuous transdermal monitoring, the method comprising:
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positioning a pulse oximetry sensor adjacent to the target tissue segment, the pulse oximetry sensor having a plurality of light detectors arranged as an array, the plurality of light detectors comprising a first light detector and a second light detector; detecting, by the first light detector and the second light detector, a light reflected by the target tissue segment transmitting, by the first light detector and the second light detector, a pulse oximetry reading of the target tissue segment, the pulse oximetry reading based, at least in part, on the light reflected by the target tissue segment; analyzing the pulse oximetry reading from the first light detector and the pulse oximetry reading from the second light detector; assessing the accuracy of the pulse oximetry reading from the first light detector relative to the pulse oximetry reading from the second light detector identifying a preferred pulse oximetry reading; designating a preferred light detector based, at least in part, on the preferred pulse oximetry reading; and outputting the pulse oximetry reading from the preferred light detector. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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