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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2022
Coopersurgical, Inc., Trumbull, CT (US);
Travis Dillon, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Suresh Dwarakaprasad, Medford, NJ (US);
David Edwin Petroskey, Lorain, OH (US);
CooperSurgical, Inc., Trumbull, CT (US);
Abstract
Blood flow monitors and methods of monitoring characteristics of tissue are described. An example method of monitoring characteristics of tissue includes: placing a tissue flap at a point of treatment, the tissue flap is a section of tissue that includes a blood vessel; attaching a first sensor to the tissue flap to monitor blood flow through the blood vessel; attaching the first sensor to a blood flow monitor that has a first visual display field and a second visual display field; attaching a second sensor to the tissue flap to monitor a characteristic of the tissue flap; attaching the second sensor to the blood flow monitor; activating the blood flow monitor to observe the blood flow through the first blood vessel and the characteristic of the tissue flap; and monitoring the blood flow through the first blood vessel over a period of time and the characteristic of the tissue flap.