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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael R. Van Driel, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Juan Carlos Flores, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Aaron S. Ingle, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Jorge Jeffery, Pasadena, CA (US);
Craig R. Meyer, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Yu-Tung Wong, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
David L. Zollinger, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
Both the number and the size of microair bubbles in a bloodstream are accurately determined optically, independently of oxygen saturation, by monitoring the intensity of light transmission in the 800-850 nm range through the bloodstream and indicating the count and amplitude range of peaks in the monitored intensity.