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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2009
Applicants:
Michael D. Wider, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Ronald A. Widman, Macomb, MI (US);
Oleg Gonopolskiy, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Wider, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Ronald A. Widman, Macomb, MI (US);
Oleg Gonopolskiy, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/7264 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for monitoring oxygen saturation that includes the following steps: (i) measuring an oxygen saturation of a target area of a person or animal over time; (ii) measuring an oxygen saturation of a reference area of the person or animal over time; and (iii) classifying the oxygen saturation status of the target area based upon a comparison of the oxygen saturation of the target area relative to the oxygen saturation of the reference area over time.