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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997

Filed:

Dec. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Takuo Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;

Michio Kanemoto, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128654 ; 128691 ; 128713 ; 128666 ;
Abstract

Using the principle of pulse oximetry, the relationship between the logarithm of dye density and the passage of time is obtained to determine a regression line for the linear portion of the relationship; an intial dye density in the blood is determined for the point of time that defines the mean transit time for the initial circulation of the injected dye on the regression line; and the circulating blood volume is calculated from the thus determined initial dye density.


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