Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1991-11-18
1994-04-12
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128633, 128665, A61B 600
Patent
active
053016734
ABSTRACT:
Accurate and continuous monitoring of clearance function is obtained by determining the depletion of a labelled substance from the extracellular body fluid using an external monitor which detects label from within a defined tissue volume. The detector of the external monitor is contained within a collimator which functions to both exclude external influences and to functionally isolate the volume of extracellular fluid to be monitored. Also, a method for determining and expressing a clearance function in a subject includes steps of allowing a time sufficient to permit establishment of equilibrium of a detectable substance in the extracellular space in the subject, obtaining first and second measures, at first and second times, of the detectable substance in the extracellular fluid within a defined tissue volume in the subject, and determining the slope of the measures over the time interval.
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Moore Richard H.
Rabito Carlos A.
Cohen Lee S.
Gilbert Samuel
Massachusetts General Hospital
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