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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTOACOUSTIC MONITORING OF BLOOD COMPONENTS IN A BLOOD FLOW

  • US 20120232364A1
  • Filed: 03/07/2012
  • Published: 09/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of optoacoustically monitoring blood concentrations of one or more constituents therein, comprising:

  • directing a flow of a patient'"'"'s blood through a substantially transparent vessel, said blood having an optoacoustically detectable concentration of one or more of said constituents therein;

    directing pulses of laser light into said vessel through said blood flow at one or more frequencies capable of inducing detectable acoustic responses from one or more of said constituents, respectively; and

    optoacoustically detecting and measuring the induced optoacoustic response for one or more different said one or more constituents.

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