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Sensing device for body tissue properties

  • US 9,179,856 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2009
  • Issued: 11/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for measuring a parameter of living tissue, which parameter affects a response of said tissue to an electric field, said device comprisinga substrate (2),an electrode arrangement (10, 12a, 12b, 13a-13c, 14) comprising at least a first and a second electrode and being mounted on a first side of said substrate (2), wherein said first and second electrodes are separated by a gap (15),a control unit (30) adapted to determine the response of said tissue to the electric field generated by said electrodes,wherein said gap (15) is filled at least partially with a solid (16), andwherein said device further comprises at least one optical reflection sensor (23a-c), and wherein said at least one optical reflection sensor (23a-c) extends into said gap (15).

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