Hyperbaric resuscitation system and method
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- (a) a light source;
(b) a pickup optode unit for detecting light from the light source;
(c) a spectrophotometer coupled to the pickup optode unit for sensing and recording a NIR wavelength interval including cytochrome oxidase, water and hemoglobin data;
(d) a personal computer with a software algorithm to extract via model-free mathematical operations the cytochrome oxidase, water and hemoglobin data from the NIR wavelength interval for evaluation and display.
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Abstract
A hyperbaric resuscitation system (10) includes a hyperbaric chamber (20) having a volume sufficient to enclose a human patient (1) and at least two operating personnel (60). The system (10) also includes a device for pressurizing the hyperbaric chamber (20) to at least 1.5 atmospheres with air. The concentration of oxygen in high pressure, oxygen-rich gas to be breathed by the patient (1) provided by an independent system (41) at chamber pressure is automatically regulated by a regulating system (33) which receives information about the amount of oxygen in cerebral tissue of the patient (1) from a spectrophotometer (51, 52). Although devices for measuring the exact amount of oxygen in cerebral tissue do not yet exist, the presently available devices can show trends in the amount of oxygen in the tissue. Since the physician working on a patient in a hyperbaric resuscitation system is more concerned about trending than exact values, the present system can still be of great benefit in resuscitating patients.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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(a) a light source; (b) a pickup optode unit for detecting light from the light source; (c) a spectrophotometer coupled to the pickup optode unit for sensing and recording a NIR wavelength interval including cytochrome oxidase, water and hemoglobin data; (d) a personal computer with a software algorithm to extract via model-free mathematical operations the cytochrome oxidase, water and hemoglobin data from the NIR wavelength interval for evaluation and display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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