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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1994
Hiromasa Kohno, Nakai-machi, JP;
Masaru Kurio, Nakai-machi, JP;
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Light components are radiated into a blood vessel from light-emitting diodes (17, 18) for emitting light components having different wavelengths through an optical fiber. Bight components reflected by the blood upon radiation into the blood vessel are received by a photo transistor (19) to detect their reflected light intensities. For example, a minimum value of the reflected light intensity of the light component from the light-emitting diode (18) is obtained from the reflected light intensities detected within a predetermined period of time. A measurement value is calculated using this minimum value and a minimum value of the reflected light intensity of the light component from the corresponding light-emitting diode (17).