Angiosome-based perfusion monitoring system
First Claim
1. An angiosome-based perfusion monitoring system comprising:
- a compression device sized and shaped for placement on a limb of a subject, the compression device including;
at least one pressurizable bladder configured to exert a suitable compressive force on the limb of the subject when pressurized to substantially occlude blood flow into skin capillary beds adjacent to the at least one pressurizable bladder; and
a plurality of spaced apart perfusion sensors located generally adjacent the at least one bladder, each perfusion sensor of the plurality configured to detect a perfusion parameter of skin capillary beds adjacent the perfusion sensor for quantifying skin capillary bed perfusion and generate a signal indicative of the perfusion parameter,wherein each perfusion sensor of the plurality is configured to generate a unique identifier signal that indicates a location on the compression device corresponding to the perfusion sensor.
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Abstract
A compression device includes at least one pressurizable bladder to substantially occlude blood flow into skin capillary beds adjacent to the at least one pressurizable bladder, and a plurality of perfusion sensors. In operation a first-angiosome sensor detects the perfusion parameter of a skin capillary bed in a first angiosome of the limb, and a second-angiosome sensor detects the perfusion parameter of a skin capillary bed in a second angiosome of the limb that is different from the first angiosome. A control circuit maps sensor signals from the first-angiosome sensor to the first angiosome or a first artery of the limb, and maps sensor signals from the second-angiosome sensor to the second angiosome or a second artery of the limb different from the first artery of the limb. For each perfusion sensor, the control circuit determines whether the received sensor signals are indicative of peripheral artery disease.
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1. An angiosome-based perfusion monitoring system comprising:
a compression device sized and shaped for placement on a limb of a subject, the compression device including; at least one pressurizable bladder configured to exert a suitable compressive force on the limb of the subject when pressurized to substantially occlude blood flow into skin capillary beds adjacent to the at least one pressurizable bladder; and a plurality of spaced apart perfusion sensors located generally adjacent the at least one bladder, each perfusion sensor of the plurality configured to detect a perfusion parameter of skin capillary beds adjacent the perfusion sensor for quantifying skin capillary bed perfusion and generate a signal indicative of the perfusion parameter, wherein each perfusion sensor of the plurality is configured to generate a unique identifier signal that indicates a location on the compression device corresponding to the perfusion sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An angiosome-based perfusion monitoring system comprising:
a control device including; a source of pressurized fluid for introducing into a compression device that is configured to be placed on a limb of a subject; and a control circuit configured to; pressurize at least one pressurizable bladder of the compression device with the pressurized fluid when the compression device is placed on the limb of a subject to substantially occlude blood perfusion in skin capillary beds adjacent to the at least one pressurizable bladder, and depressurize the at least one pressurizable bladder at a first controlled rate after pressurizing the at least one pressurizable bladder, receive separate sensor signals from a plurality of perfusion sensors of the compression device during depressurization of the at least one pressurizable bladder, wherein each perfusion sensor of the plurality of perfusion sensors is located generally adjacent the at least one pressurizable bladder and each perfusion sensor of the plurality of perfusion sensors is configured to generate a unique identifier signal that indicates a location on the compression device corresponding to the perfusion sensor, and wherein the sensor signals are indicative of a perfusion parameter of skin capillary beds adjacent the perfusion sensor for quantifying skin capillary bed perfusion, map sensor signals from a first sensor of the plurality of perfusion sensors to a first artery of the limb, map sensor signals from a second sensor of the plurality of perfusion sensors to a second artery of the limb, wherein the second artery is different from the first artery, and determine, for each perfusion sensor, whether the received sensor signals are indicative of peripheral artery disease. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of monitoring for peripheral artery disease, the method comprising:
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pressurizing at least one pressurizable bladder of a compression device that is placed on a limb of a subject so as to substantially occlude blood flow into skin capillary beds adjacent the at least one pressurizable bladder; depressurizing the at least one pressurizable bladder at a controlled rate after pressurizing the at least one pressurizable bladder; receiving, by a control circuit and during the depressurizing of the at least one pressurizable bladder, a sensor signal from a perfusion sensor of the compression device, the perfusion sensor being located generally adjacent the at least one pressurizable bladder and the sensor signal being indicative of a perfusion parameter of a skin capillary bed located adjacent an artery of the limb; receiving, by the control circuit, a unique identifier signal from the perfusion sensor, the unique identifier signal indicating a location on the compression device corresponding to the perfusion sensor; mapping, by the control circuit and using the location as identified by the unique identifier signal, the sensor signal to the artery; and determining, by the control circuit, the sensor signal is indicative of peripheral artery disease. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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