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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicants:
David Alan Boas, Newmarket, NH (US);
Anna Zourabian, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
David Alan Boas, Newmarket, NH (US);
Anna Zourabian, Waltham, MA (US);
Assignees:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
The University, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fetal blood pulse oximetry method and apparatus using a first wavelength of light at about 655 to 705 nm and a second wavelength of light at about 820 to 900 nm. Measurements are taken through a mother's abdomen. Processing is performed to extract absorption information related to fetal arterial blood with calculation of fetal oxygen saturation from the extracted data.