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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jocelyn Faubert, Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile-Perrot, CA;
Vasile Diaconu, L'Ile-Perrot, CA;
Assignee:
Universite de Montreal, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
In the method and apparatus for assessing neural integrity of a patient's central nervous system, the patient is stimulated with a visual or auditory flickering stimulus, and oxygenation in the patient's second eye is sensed. Finally, the method and apparatus detects whether a change in the sensed oxygenation occurs in response to stimulation of the patient with the visual or auditory flickering stimulus. This change in the sensed oxygenation is indicative of neural integrity of the patient's central nervous system.