Detecting device

• US 9,883,824 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2013
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Biophotonic Corporation
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Biophotonic Corporation
• Inventors: Tiao, Kuo-Tung, Chen, Jyh-Chern, Li, Yu-Tang, Chu, Chang-Sheng, Chung, Shuang-Chao, Fan, Chih-Hsun, Li, Ming-Chia
• Primary Examiner(s): Winakur, Eric
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fardanesh, Marjan
• Application Number:
  US13/970,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20140051955A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,631 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14552 Details of sensors specially adapted therefor

Abstract

A detecting device includes at least one detecting module. In the detecting module, a light source unit is configured to emit a first beam and a second beam. The wavelength of the first beam is different from that of the second beam. A packaging unit is disposed on the light source unit and a light detecting unit and on transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam from the light source unit. An optical microstructure unit is disposed on the transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam. The first beam and the second beam emitted from the light source unit pass through the packaging unit to pass the optical microstructure unit to be transmitted to a biological tissue, and then pass through the optical microstructure unit to pass the packaging unit to be transmitted to the light detecting unit in sequence.

Claims

1. A detecting device configured to detect a physiological parameter of a biological tissue, the detecting device comprising at least one detecting module, the detecting module comprising:

a light source configured to emit a first beam and a second beam, wherein a wavelength of the first beam is different from a wavelength of the second beam;

at least one light detector;

a package disposed on the light source and the at least one light detector and located in transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam from the light source;

an outer cover covering the light source, the at least one light detector and the package, and the outer cover comprising a top surface; and

an optical microstructure located in the transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam, and arranged in parallel with the top surface of the outer cover;

wherein the optical microstructure comprises a diffractive optical element structure;

wherein the first beam and the second beam are emitted from the light source and are configured to pass through the package;

upon passing through the package, the first beam and the second beam are configured to be diffracted from the diffractive optical element structure and transmitted to a biological tissue;

upon transmission to the biological tissue, the first beam and the second beam are reflected from the biological tissue towards the diffractive optical element structure, the reflected first beam and the reflected second beam are configured to be diffracted from the diffractive optical element structure and pass through the package;

upon passing through the package, the reflected first beam and the reflected second beam are configured to be transmitted to and be detected by the at least one light detector.

2. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the package comprises a waveguide disposed on the light source and the at least one light detector.

3. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the optical microstructure is mounted on the package.

4. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the optical microstructure is spaced from the package.

5. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the optical microstructure is formed on a surface of the package.

6. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the optical microstructure comprises a holographic optical element, a computer-generated holographic element structure, a fresnel lens structure or a lens grating.

7. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the package comprises:

a first waveguide disposed on the light source; and

a second waveguide disposed on the at least one light detector, wherein the detecting module further comprises a light separating body separating the first waveguide and the second waveguide.

8. The detecting device of claim 7, wherein the optical microstructure comprises a first optical microstructure aligned with the light source and a second optical microstructure aligned with the at least one light detector.

9. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the light source comprises:

a first light-emitting element configured to emit the first beam; and

a second light-emitting element configured to emit the second beam, wherein the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are configured to alternately emit the first beam and the second beam.

10. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the at least one light detector comprises:

a first light detector configured to detect the reflected first beam after the first beam being reflected from the biological tissue and transmitted through the optical microstructure and the package; and

a second light detector configured to detect the reflected second beam after the second beam being reflected from the biological tissue and transmitted through the optical microstructure and the package; and

the light source simultaneously emits the first beam and the second beam.

11. The detecting device of claim 10, wherein the light source comprises:

a light-emitting element having a light-emitting surface and being configured to emit an original beam through the light-emitting surface, wherein a wavelength of the original beam is identical to the wavelength of the first beam; and

a wavelength converting material covering a first portion of the light-emitting surface, and exposing a second portion of the light-emitting surface, wherein at least a part of the original beam emitted by the first portion is converted into the second beam by the wavelength converting material, and the first beam is formed by the original beam emitted by the second portion.

12. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the optical microstructure comprises:

a first optical microstructure disposed in the transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam from the light source, configured to transmit the first beam and the second beam from the light source to the biological tissue; and

a second optical microstructure disposed in transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam reflected from the biological tissue, configured to transmit the reflected first beam and the reflected second beam from the biological tissue to the at least one light detector.

13. The detecting device of claim 1, further comprising a processor electrically connected to the at least one light detector, wherein the at least one light detector converts the first beam and the second beam being detected into an electrical signal, and the processor calculates the physiological parameter according to the electrical signal.

14. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the physiological parameter is a blood oxygenation.

15. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the at least one detecting module is a plurality of detecting modules, and the plurality of detecting modules are arranged in a two-dimensional array.

16. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the wavelengths of the first beam and the second beam fall within wavelength ranges of a red light and an infrared light.

17. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the light source and the at least one light detector are configured to be located at an identical side of the biological tissue.