Optical analyzer for measuring a construction ratio between components in the living tissue
First Claim
1. An oximeter for obtaining information indicative of the level of hemoglobin oxide in living tissue, comprising:
- a source of light having a plurality of different wavelengths susceptible of coaction with both hemoglobin and hemoglobin oxide;
means for directing the light at the subject tissue;
means for measuring the degree of light absorption at a predetermined standard wavelength;
means for finding a second wavelength in which the degree of absorption is equal to that at the predetermined standard wavelength; and
means for determining the level of oxygen saturation in the blood from the second wavelength.
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Abstract
An optical analyzer such as oximeter is provided including a source of light having a plurality of different wavelengths. At least two or more of the different wavelengths have a fixed relationship of light absorption after coaction with hemoglobin oxide. The light is directed at the subject tissue and received after coaction by an optical probe. A first signal representative of the degree of light absorption at a predetermined standard wavelength is determined and then an attempt is made to match a second wavelength having a fixed relationship of light absorption to the predetermined standard wavelength, e.g., equal absorption, to generate a second signal representative of the second wavelength, whereby the amount of hemoglobin oxide can be determined in the bloodstream.
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12 Claims
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1. An oximeter for obtaining information indicative of the level of hemoglobin oxide in living tissue, comprising:
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a source of light having a plurality of different wavelengths susceptible of coaction with both hemoglobin and hemoglobin oxide; means for directing the light at the subject tissue; means for measuring the degree of light absorption at a predetermined standard wavelength; means for finding a second wavelength in which the degree of absorption is equal to that at the predetermined standard wavelength; and
means for determining the level of oxygen saturation in the blood from the second wavelength. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An oximeter for measuring an oxygen saturation, which is defined as a ratio of the hemoglobin oxide to the sum of the hemoglobin and the hemoglobin oxide, in living tissue comprising:
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means for providing a source light; means for directing the source light at the living tissue; means for receiving the source light after coaction with the living tissue; means for determining the intensity of the light received by the receiving means at a predetermined standard wavelength; means for searching for another wavelength at which the intensity of light received by the receiving means is equal to that of the standard wavelength of light determined by the determining means; and means for providing a record of values for the level of hemoglobin oxide as a function of a plurality of wavelengths at which the light absorption of said wavelengths is equal to the absorption at a predetermined standard wavelength; and means for finding the level of hemoglobin oxide from the another wavelength in accordance with the preparatorily known recorded valves of hemoglobin oxide. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. An optical analyzer for measuring a construction ratio of the hemoglobin oxide to the sum of the hemoglobin and the hemoglobin oxide to determine oxygen saturation in tissue comprising:
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means for providing a source light; means for directing the source light at the tissue; means for receiving the source light after contact with the tissue; means for determining the intensity of the light received by said receiving means at a predetermined standard wavelength; means for searching for another wavelength at which the intensity of light received by said receiving means is equal to that of said standard wavelength of light determined by said determining means; means for indicating an oxygen saturation level from said another wavelength including means for storing a plurality of previously known values of oxygen saturation corresponding to respective different wavelengths, and means for taking one oxygen saturation value from said storing means in response to said another wavelength whereby the wavelength found by said searching means is converted into a corresponding level of oxygen saturation for indicating the oxygen saturation in the living tissue. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of optically determining the level of hemoglobin oxide in living tissue by directing predetermined wavelengths of light at the tissue and photoelectrically measuring the light absorption, comprising the steps of:
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preparatorily knowing and recording values for a the level of hemoglobin oxide as a function of a plurality of wavelengths at which the light absorption of said wavelengths is equal to the absorption at a predetermined standard wavelength; measuring the amount of light absorption of the predetermined standard wavelength; exposing the living tissue to a plurality of differnt wavelengths of light; determining which of the different wavelength is absorbed to a degree equal to that of the standard wavelength, and finding the level of hemoglobin oxide from the determined wavelength in accordance with the preparatorily known recorded values of hemoglobin oxide.
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