IMAGE BASED OXYGEN SATURATION MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150313518A1
• Filed: 05/05/2014
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Applied Research Laboratories (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Applied Research Laboratories (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: TSAI, Hsin-Yi, HUANG, Kuo-Cheng, CHEN, Yi-Ju, CHANG, Han-Chao
• Granted Patent: US 9,566,025 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14552 Details of sensors specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/68 Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient

Abstract

The present invention is an image based oxygen saturation measuring device and method thereof. The method comprises steps of providing a plurality of red lights and a plurality of infrared lights arranged uniformly in an interlocked fashion and turned on alternatively; controlling the plurality of red lights and infrared lights to irradiate onto a selected skin area of a testee to have a red light turn-on period and an infrared light turn-on period; receiving a reflected version of the plurality of red lights and infrared lights from the selected skin area, respectively; and analyzing one reflected red light and one infrared light to acquire an oxygen saturation index for each of the coordination points. By means of the present invention, the measurement of oxygen saturation may be much exempted from effects brought from exterior interference and poor blood circulation, and may achieve a large measurement area in a single time.

Claims

1. An image oxygen saturation measuring device, comprising:

a light source unit, comprising a base assembly, a red light set comprising a plurality of red lights, and an infrared light set comprising a plurality of infrared lights disposed alternatively with respect to the plurality of red lights, the plurality of red lights and infrared lights uniformly on the base assembly to irradiate onto a selected skin area of a testee, and the selected skin area having a plurality of coordination points each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of red lights and infrared lights;

an operational/processing unit, controlling the plurality of red lights to turn on simultaneously and the plurality of infrared lights to turn on simultaneously to have a red light period and an infrared light period, with the red light period presenting before or after the infrared period;

an image receiving unit, receiving a version of the plurality of red lights and infrared lights reflected from the selected skin area, respectively, and

an image analysis/computation unit, analyzing a feature of one of the plurality of reflected red lights and one of the infrared lights corresponding thereto, respectively, to acquire an oxygen saturation index for each of the coordination points of the selected skin area, respectively, to finish an oxygen saturation measurement process.

2. The image oxygen saturation measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feature is an intensity.

3. The image oxygen saturation measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the oxygen saturation measurement process is performed in a dark environment.

4. The image oxygen saturation measuring device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an oxygen saturation distribution diagram establishing unit for establishing an oxygen saturation diagram for the selected skin area controlled by the operational/processing unit.

5. The image oxygen saturation measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image analysis/computation unit calculates the respective oxygen saturation of the plurality of coordination points according to equations as follows:

6. The image oxygen saturation measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of red lights has a wavelength of 660±

20 nm, each of the plurality of infrared lights has a wavelength of 890±

20 nm, and an incident angle of each of plurality of the irradiated red lights and infrared lights is 75±

5°

.

7. The image oxygen saturation measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the selected skin area is up to 10 cm*10 cm.

8. An image oxygen saturation measuring method, comprising steps of:

irradiating a red light set comprising a plurality of red lights and an infrared light set comprising a plurality of infrared lights alternatively and uniformly onto a selected skin area of a testee, the selected skin area having a plurality of coordination points each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of red lights and infrared lights;

controlling the plurality of red lights to turn on simultaneously and the plurality of infrared lights to turn on simultaneously to have a red light period and infrared light period, with the red light period presenting before or after the infrared light period;

receiving a version of the plurality of red lights and infrared lights reflected from the selected skin area, respectively, and

analyzing a feature of one of the plurality of reflected red lights and one of the infrared lights corresponding thereto, respectively, to acquire an oxygen saturation index for each of the coordination points of the selected skin area, respectively, to finish an oxygen saturation measurement process.

9. The image oxygen saturation measuring method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the feature is an intensity.

10. The image oxygen saturation measuring device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the oxygen saturation measurement process is performed in a dark environment.

11. The image oxygen saturation measuring device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of receiving a version of the plurality of red lights and infrared lights reflected from the selected skin area respectively further comprises a step of receiving a monochromatic light component of the plurality of reflected red lights and reflected infrared lights from the selected skin area, respectively.

12. The image oxygen saturation measuring method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a step of establishing an oxygen saturation distribution diagram for the selected skin area.

13. The image oxygen saturation measuring method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of analyzing the feature of the plurality of reflected red lights and infrared lights, respectively, to acquire an oxygen saturation index of the coordination points of the selected skin area, respectively, further comprises a step of calculating the respective oxygen saturation of the plurality of coordination points according to equations as follows:

14. The image oxygen saturation measuring method as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of red lights has a wavelength of 660±

20 nm, each of the plurality of infrared lights has a wavelength of 890±

20 nm, and an incident angle of each of plurality of the irradiated red lights and infrared lights is 75±

5°

.

15. The image oxygen saturation measuring method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the selected skin area is up to 10 cm*10 cm.