Pulse oximeter with probe difference compensation
US5267562A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 7, 1992 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/085
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pulse oximeter of the present invention is to provide a greatly simplified in construction and a simplified procedure for performing arithmetic operations. The pulse oximeter of the present invention comprises a light-emitting diode which is provided in a probe and that illuminates a living tissue with red light of a reference wavelength, a light-emitting diode that illuminates the living tissue with infrared light, a light-receiving device that detects the optical output that remains after the living tissue absorbs the two wavelengths of red light and infrared light that have been issued from the light-emitting diodes, detectors which, on the basis of the detection output of the light-receiving device, compute the pulsating components of absorbances for the two wavelengths, a multiplier that multiplies the value from the detector by an appropriate coefficient in order to adjust that the value detected when using red light of a wavelength offset from the reference wavelength is gain-adjusted for correction to a known value obtained when using red light of the reference wavelength, a computing means that computes an absorbance ratio using both the value after gain adjustment that …
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