Apparatus for performing multiwavelength photoplethysmography

Details Apparatus for performing multiwavelength photoplethysmography Apparatus for performing multiwavelength photoplethysmography

1996-09-25

1999-04-06

Peffley, Michael

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Measuring or detecting nonradioactive constituent of body...

600310, 600322, 600326, 600473, A61B 500

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058910220

ABSTRACT:
A photoplethysmographic measurement device that utilizes wavelength division multiplexing is provided. Signals from multiple light emitters are combined into a single multiplexed light signal in a test unit before being delivered to a physically separated probe head attached to a test subject. The probe then causes the single multiplexed signal to be transmitted through a tissue under test on the test subject, after which it is processed to determine a blood analyte level of the test subject. By combining the light signals into a single multiplexed signal before delivering the signals to the probe, a single light guide, such as a single optical fiber, can be used to deliver the signals to the probe, thereby reducing system implementation cost and increasing the flexibility of the probe cable. In addition, the invention allows the signals from the light emitters to be directed into the test subject from a single point source, which can significantly increase measurement accuracy.

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