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Catheter oximeter apparatus and method

US4114604A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 1976
Grant dateSep 19, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 18, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/3151
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An improved catheter oximeter operates on radiation at three or more different wavelengths applied to and scattered back from blood under test to provide an indication of oxygen saturation and is considerably less sensitive to accuracy-degrading variations in the blood and its environment and in the oximeter measuring system.

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