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Forehead sensor placement

  • US 7,289,837 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2003
  • Issued: 10/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for determining a location for the placement of an oximetry sensor, comprising:

  • measuring the temperature of a plurality of locations on an area of the body of a patient;

    dividing the temperature measurements into three categories comprising cold, warm and hot regions,wherein hot regions correspond with areas including those over large movable blood vessels andwherein cold regions correspond with areas including those susceptible to vasoconstriction; and

    selecting the region that is not hot and not cold as a location for the placement of the sensor.

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