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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2011
Applicants:

Lester John Lloyd, Orinda, CA (US);

Kate Leeann Bechtel, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);

Joseph Anthony Heanue, Oakland, CA (US);

Brian Patrick Wilfley, Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lester John Lloyd, Orinda, CA (US);

Kate Leeann Bechtel, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);

Joseph Anthony Heanue, Oakland, CA (US);

Brian Patrick Wilfley, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignees:

Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);

Ocela Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/10 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/0091 (2013.01); A61B 5/415 (2013.01); A61B 5/418 (2013.01); A61B 5/4312 (2013.01); A61B 5/447 (2013.01); A61B 5/6814 (2013.01); A61B 5/6826 (2013.01); A61B 5/6838 (2013.01); G01J 3/02 (2013.01); G01J 3/0205 (2013.01); G01J 3/0218 (2013.01); G01J 3/10 (2013.01); G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01J 3/4406 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0826 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for pressure sore detection. A modulated optical signal based on a digital code sequence is transmitted to human tissue. A temporal transfer characteristic is derived from the modulated optical signal. Tissue characteristics is determined based on the temporal transfer characteristic.


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