System for quantifying edema
US6488677B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 10, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2018/00815
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system is provided for monitoring edema in tissue. Thermal energy is supplied to tissue at a site where tissue water content is to be monitored to produce in the selected tissue a thermal response as a function of an intrinsic thermal property of tissue that varies with water content. Tissue water content is determined from the thermal response, the energy supplied and the relationship between tissue water content and the thermal property.
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