Magnetic enhancement in determination of physiological blood parameters
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1. A system for measuring a physiological parameter of blood in a patient, the system comprising:
- a magnetic array having an opening therein configured to have tissue of the patient inserted therein and simultaneously establish in the tissue an axial magnetic field and a radial magnetic field perpendicular to the axial magnetic field;
an emitter configured to emit a first optical signal into the tissue during a first angular configuration between the emitter and the magnetic array, and emit a second optical signal into the tissue during a second angular configuration between the emitter and the magnetic array the second angular configuration being different from the first angular configuration;
a detector configured to detect characteristics of the first optical signal and the second optical signal;
a user interface; and
a processing module configured to;
calculate a differential of the characteristics of the first and the second optical signals;
identify a value of a physiological parameter from the differential; and
display the physiological parameter on the user interface.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for measuring a physiological parameter of blood in a patient are provided herein. An example method includes establishing with a magnetic array, an first magnetic field along tissue of the patient inserted into the magnetic array and a second magnetic field perpendicular to the tissue, emitting optical signals into further tissue of the patient during at least a first alignment of the magnetic array around the tissue, detecting characteristics of the optical signals, and identifying a value of a physiological parameter based on at least the characteristics of the optical signals.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for measuring a physiological parameter of blood in a patient, the system comprising:
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a magnetic array having an opening therein configured to have tissue of the patient inserted therein and simultaneously establish in the tissue an axial magnetic field and a radial magnetic field perpendicular to the axial magnetic field; an emitter configured to emit a first optical signal into the tissue during a first angular configuration between the emitter and the magnetic array, and emit a second optical signal into the tissue during a second angular configuration between the emitter and the magnetic array the second angular configuration being different from the first angular configuration; a detector configured to detect characteristics of the first optical signal and the second optical signal; a user interface; and a processing module configured to; calculate a differential of the characteristics of the first and the second optical signals; identify a value of a physiological parameter from the differential; and display the physiological parameter on the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for measuring a physiological parameter of blood in a patient, the method comprising:
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simultaneously establishing within tissue of the patient inserted into a magnetic array an axial magnetic field and a radial magnetic field perpendicular to the axial magnetic field; emitting optical signals into the tissue during at least a first angular configuration and a second angular configuration between the magnetic array and the optical signals; detecting characteristics of the optical signals at both the first and second angular configurations between the magnetic array and the optical signals; identifying a differential using at least the characteristics of the optical signals which vary when measured in the first and second angular configurations between the magnetic array and the optical signals; identifying a value of a physiological parameter using the differential; and in a user interface, receiving the value of the physiological parameter and displaying the value of the physiological parameter. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for measuring a physiological parameter of blood in a patient, the system comprising:
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a magnetic array comprising an central hole configured to have a digit of the patient inserted therein, the magnetic array configured to simultaneously establish within the central hole a first magnetic field along the length of an inserted digit and a second magnetic field perpendicular to the inserted digit; a transceiver module configured to emit a first optical signal into tissue of the digit during an initial alignment of the magnetic array around the inserted digit, and emit a second optical signal into the tissue of the digit during a rotated alignment of the magnetic array around the inserted digit, the rotated alignment being different from the initial alignment; the transceiver module configured to detect characteristics of the first optical signal and the second optical signal through the tissue of the digit; a processing module configured to; identify a differential using at least the characteristics of the first optical signal and the characteristics of the second optical signal which vary when measured in the initial alignment and the rotated alignment of the magnetic array around the inserted digit; and identify a value of a physiological parameter using the differential; and a user interface configured to receive the value of the physiological parameter and display the value of the physiological parameter.
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