Noninvasive blood analysis by optical probing of the veins under the tongue
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1. An apparatus for noninvasive blood analysis comprising:
- right side and left side sections adapted to engage one or more teeth on each of a right side and left side of a patient'"'"'s jaw,two transition sections extending downwardly from each of the side sections,a middle section interposed between the two transition sections adapted to be proximate to or in contact with an underside of a patient'"'"'s tongue, where the middle section includes;
a emitter, anda receiver,where the emitter and the receiver are adapted to be proximate or in contact with a surface of a tissue over a big vein associated with an underside of the patient'"'"'s tongue;
a light generation/delivery system including a light source capable of generating at least one frequency of light, and a light conduit interconnecting the light source with a radiation outlet, where the system is adapted to deliver radiation to blood in the big vein; and
a detector/analyzer system including a detector adapted to detect a response from the irradiated blood via a response inlet and an analyzer adapted to convert the detected response into a concentration of a blood component and/or a value of a parameter of the blood.
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Abstract
A method for analysis of blood components or parameters is disclosed where a probe having an excitation outlet and a response inlet is placed in proximity to or in contact with a tissue of an underside of a patient'"'"'s tongue over a big vein in the tongue so that an excitation signal exits the outlet, produces a response which enters the inlet for detection and analysis.
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1. An apparatus for noninvasive blood analysis comprising:
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right side and left side sections adapted to engage one or more teeth on each of a right side and left side of a patient'"'"'s jaw, two transition sections extending downwardly from each of the side sections, a middle section interposed between the two transition sections adapted to be proximate to or in contact with an underside of a patient'"'"'s tongue, where the middle section includes; a emitter, and a receiver, where the emitter and the receiver are adapted to be proximate or in contact with a surface of a tissue over a big vein associated with an underside of the patient'"'"'s tongue; a light generation/delivery system including a light source capable of generating at least one frequency of light, and a light conduit interconnecting the light source with a radiation outlet, where the system is adapted to deliver radiation to blood in the big vein; and a detector/analyzer system including a detector adapted to detect a response from the irradiated blood via a response inlet and an analyzer adapted to convert the detected response into a concentration of a blood component and/or a value of a parameter of the blood. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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