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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
May. 13, 2020
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/0004 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); A61B 5/6826 (2013.01); A61B 2503/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
The technology relates to medical devices for monitoring and assessing vascular health. In one embodiment, the technology is an apparatus that attaches to a subject's finger comprising a heating and cooling component, a coherent source, a temperature sensor, an image detector, and/or a component for data control and management. In another embodiment, there is a component that alters local blood flow in the subject, and laser speckle contrast and photoplethysmography (PPG) signals from the altered blood flow in the subject are compared to monitor the vascular health of the subject.