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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Cas Medical Systems, Inc., Branford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Paul B. Benni, Acton, CT (US);
Assignee:
CAS Medical Systems, Inc., Branford, CT (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 5/14553 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring a blood oxygen saturation level within a subject's tissue is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) sensing the subject's tissue using a near infrared spectrophotometric oximeter, and producing a value representative of the oxygen saturation level within the sensed tissue; b) comparing the determined saturation value to a predetermined threshold oxygen saturation value; and c) determining at least one of a time under threshold (TUT) value or an area under threshold (AUT) value using the determined saturation value and the threshold value.