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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Applicant:
Lockett E. Wood, Lyons, CO (US);
Inventor:
Lockett E. Wood, Lyons, CO (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); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/6816 (2013.01); A61B 5/6826 (2013.01); A61B 5/6828 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for measuring a physiological parameter of blood in a patient are provided herein. An example method includes establishing with a magnetic array, an first magnetic field along tissue of the patient inserted into the magnetic array and a second magnetic field perpendicular to the tissue, emitting optical signals into further tissue of the patient during at least a first alignment of the magnetic array around the tissue, detecting characteristics of the optical signals, and identifying a value of a physiological parameter based on at least the characteristics of the optical signals.