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Oximeter with system for testing transmission path

US4908762A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 2, 1988
Grant dateMar 13, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2008

Classification

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

Abstract

An examination apparatus measures the oxygenation in body organs by the near infrared light transmission spectrophotometry. To inspect the examination apparatus itself before the oxygenation measurement, an illumination-side fixture and a detection-side fixture have such structures that these fixtures can be assembled together in such a manner that near infrared light is directly made incident on the detection-side fixture from the illumination-side fixture. In the midst of the measurement, the examination apparatus is regularly inspected and a photomultiplier tube can be separately inspected by employing a separate light source for inspection.

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