Gas supersaturation monitoring
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1. A system comprising:
- a scuba mouthpiece including;
an ultrasound generator adapted to be placed proximate living tissue to induce bubble formation in the tissue; and
a bubble detector adapted to be placed proximate the tissue to detect bubbles induced in the tissue; and
processing circuitry coupled to the bubble detector to calculate the rate of the bubbles dissolving and gas saturation in the living tissue in real-time, of a diver at an immersion depth.
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Abstract
A system and method include generating at least one bubble in tissue using ultrasound. The at least one bubble generated is detected and correlated to gas saturation of the tissue.
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1. A system comprising:
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a scuba mouthpiece including; an ultrasound generator adapted to be placed proximate living tissue to induce bubble formation in the tissue; and a bubble detector adapted to be placed proximate the tissue to detect bubbles induced in the tissue; and processing circuitry coupled to the bubble detector to calculate the rate of the bubbles dissolving and gas saturation in the living tissue in real-time, of a diver at an immersion depth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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a scuba mouthpiece including a transducer adapted to generate a first plurality of pulses to generate bubbles in living tissue and to generate a second plurality of pulses to detect bubbles in living tissue processing circuitry coupled to the transducer to control generation and detection of the bubbles and to calculate the rate of the bubbles dissolving and the gas saturation in the living tissue in real time; and a display coupled to the circuitry to provide information in real time regarding ascent to a diver wearing the transducer; wherein the power of the first plurality of pulses for generating bubbles is greater than the power of the second plurality of pulses for detecting the generated bubbles.
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