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Integrated optic system for monitoring blood gases

  • US 4,854,321 A
  • Filed: 12/02/1988
  • Issued: 08/08/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A probe for in vivo monitoring constituents of the blood comprising,a base having a surface,at least one dye well and one channel formed in said base and opening at the surface of said base, said channel also opening into said dye well;

  • a first optical fiber having a first end mounted in said channel and a second end opposite said first end,a waveguide of optically conducting formed in said medium channel and forming an optical coupling between said fiber and said dye well,a dye in said dye well whose optical characteristics change in the presence of a constituent,means, permeable to said constituent, for containing said dye within said dye well.

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