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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2005
Leonard W. Winchester, Jr., Yorktown, VA (US);
Nee-yin Chou, Yorktown, VA (US);
Leonard W. Winchester, Jr., Yorktown, VA (US);
Nee-Yin Chou, Yorktown, VA (US);
WinTec, LLC, Yorktown, VA (US);
Abstract
An intravenous infiltration detection apparatus for monitoring intravenous failures, which applies an optical method coupled with fiber optics and algorithms for tissue optics to provide a means for noninvasive detection of intravenous infiltration surround the site of IV injection. In the invention, the tissue surrounding the injection site is exposed to a single-wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, and light is collected with only one detector. Changes in the relative intensity of the radiation reflected, scattered, diffused or otherwise emitted provide a means for monitoring infiltration. The invention provides routine, automated, continuous, and real-time monitoring for patients undergoing IV therapy.