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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Vioptix Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jimmy Jian-Min Mao, Fremont, CA (US);
Robert E. Lash, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
ViOptix, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/14552 (2013.01); A61B 5/413 (2013.01); A61B 5/4312 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are used to assess the viability of tissue such as flap tissue. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for assessing the viability of flap tissue includes obtaining an oxygen saturation level associated with a first location on the flap tissue, determining whether the oxygen saturation level is less than a first level, and identifying the first location as having a poor blood supply if the oxygen saturation level is less than the first level.