Apparatus and method for analyzing a material
First Claim
1. A device for analysing human or animal tissue for non-invasive glucose or blood sugar measurement, said device havingan excitation transmission device for generating at least one excitation light beam with at least one excitation wavelength and radiating the at least one excitation light beam into a tissue volume, which is located underneath a first region of a surface of the tissue,an optical medium, which in operation is in direct contact with said first region of the surface of the tissue,a detection device for detecting a response signal, which response signal is attributable to the effect of the wavelength-dependent absorption of the excitation light beam in the tissue,wherein detecting said response signal comprises one of detecting a measuring beam, after this measuring beam has been reflected at least once at an interface of the optical medium, which is in contact with the first region of the surface of the tissue, and detecting a deformation and/or density change of the optical medium using a piezo element connected to or integrated in said optical medium,a device for the intensity modulation of the excitation light beam, anda device for analysing the tissue on the basis of detected response signal, said device being configured for successively determining, using different modulation frequencies of the excitation light beam, response signals, and for combining results obtained with different modulation frequencies with each other and obtaining specific information for a depth range under the surface from this.
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Abstract
The invention relates, inter alia, to an apparatus (10) for analyzing a material (101), comprising an excitation emission device (100) for generating at least one electromagnetic excitation beam (SA), in particular an exciting light beam, having at least one excitation wavelength, further comprising a detection device (106) for detecting a reaction signal (SR), and a device (107) for analyzing the material on the basis of the detected reaction signal (SR).
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1. A device for analysing human or animal tissue for non-invasive glucose or blood sugar measurement, said device having
an excitation transmission device for generating at least one excitation light beam with at least one excitation wavelength and radiating the at least one excitation light beam into a tissue volume, which is located underneath a first region of a surface of the tissue, an optical medium, which in operation is in direct contact with said first region of the surface of the tissue, a detection device for detecting a response signal, which response signal is attributable to the effect of the wavelength-dependent absorption of the excitation light beam in the tissue, wherein detecting said response signal comprises one of detecting a measuring beam, after this measuring beam has been reflected at least once at an interface of the optical medium, which is in contact with the first region of the surface of the tissue, and detecting a deformation and/or density change of the optical medium using a piezo element connected to or integrated in said optical medium, a device for the intensity modulation of the excitation light beam, and a device for analysing the tissue on the basis of detected response signal, said device being configured for successively determining, using different modulation frequencies of the excitation light beam, response signals, and for combining results obtained with different modulation frequencies with each other and obtaining specific information for a depth range under the surface from this.
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13. A method for analysing human or animal tissue for non-invasive measuring of glucose or blood sugar, wherein in the method
an optical medium is brought into direct contact with a first region of the surface of the tissue, with an excitation transmission device, at least one electromagnetic excitation light beam with at least one excitation wavelength is generated by an at least partially simultaneous or consecutive operation of a plurality of laser emitters of a laser light source, wherein the intensity of said excitation light beam is modulated at a modulation frequency and said at least one excitation light beam is radiated into a tissue volume, which is located underneath said first region of a surface of the tissue, with a detection device a response signal is detected, which response signal is attributable to the effect of the wavelength-dependent absorption of the excitation light beam in the tissue, wherein detecting said response signal comprises one of detecting a measuring beam, after this measuring beam has been reflected at least once at an interface of the optical medium, which is in contact with the first region of the surface of the tissue, and detecting a deformation and/or density change of the optical medium using a piezo element connected to or integrated in said optical medium, and the tissue is analysed on the basis of the detected response signal, wherein said analysing the tissue on the basis of the detected response signal comprises successively determining, using different modulation frequencies of the excitation light beam, response signals, and combining results obtained with different modulation frequencies with each other and obtaining specific information for a depth range under the surface from this.
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