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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
Boditechmed. Inc, Chuncheon-si, KR;
Byeong Chul Kim, Chuncheon-si, KR;
Ki Tae Park, Chuncheon-si, KR;
Cheol Min Kim, Namyangju-si, KR;
Kwang Won Choi, Chuncheon-si, KR;
BODITECHMED, INC, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-Do, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for measuring the hemoglobin concentration in whole blood, wherein the system comprises: a light-radiating unit including a light source that emits two types of incident light having different wavelengths; a diffusion unit which diffuses the incident light emitted by the light-radiating unit; a cuvette-holding unit which is formed so as to hold a cuvette including a blood sample; a detection unit which detects each absorbance of the two types of incident light having different wavelengths; a processing unit which determines the hemoglobin concentration in the blood by processing the measured absorbance result; and a control unit which regulates the two types of incident light having different wavelengths in order to repeatedly/sequentially radiate same. Although the system for measuring hemoglobin in whole blood of the present invention uses a small amount of whole blood, it is possible to measure the total hemoglobin concentration in an accurate and reliable manner. The system of the present invention aligns the paths of two types of incident light having different wavelengths passing through a microcuvette by using a diffuser plate so as to easily align a light source and increase the reliability of the results. Also, the system of the present invention uses two wavelengths so as to rapidly and accurately measure the total amount of hemoglobin, including oxidized and reduced hemoglobin.