Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1993-10-13
1994-12-27
Pfaffle, K. M.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
1286535, A61B 5055
Patent
active
053755979
ABSTRACT:
A method for monitoring the pH of a patient includes the step of providing a magnetic resonance system having a magnet with a bore configured to receive a portion of a finger of a patient without receiving a substantially larger portion of the body of the patient. The method proceeds by inserting the finger of the patient into the bore of the magnet and monitoring the pH level of capillary bed tissue in the finger with the magnetic resonance system. Preferably, the system is configured to monitor the spectrum of phosphorus-31 metabolites in the finger and produce information in the form of a normalized phosphorous integral ratio indicative of the spectral area in order to alert an operator of the occurrence of a condition in which the normalized phosphorous integral ratio is greater than one in the setting of decreasing pH, as indicative of capillary bed tissue shock--lactic acidosis. In line with the above, a digital magnetic resonance system includes a superconducting magnet for producing a magnetic field for magnetic resonance monitoring purposes, and a control system operatively coupled to the magnet for cooperating with the magnet in order to produce and display magnetic resonance information related to the portion of the body of a patient. The magnetic has a bore for receiving a portion of the body of a patient, and the bore has a size sufficient to receive a portion of a linger of a patient without receiving a substantially larger portion of the body of the patient. Preferably, the magnet is sufficiently small to enable use in a conventional hospital operating room.
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Green Ronald P.
Howell Jerome C.
Hanson Loyal M.
Pfaffle K. M.
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