Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1995-11-20
1996-12-31
Sykes, Angela D.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
356 41, A61B 500
Patent
active
055884270
ABSTRACT:
A technique for the derivation of a pulse oximetry signal using fractal dimension analysis of detected light signals. First and second light sources transmit light through the patient's finger or reflect light off the blood vessels in the patient's finger. A light detector detects light from each of the light sources and generates a measured intensity signal. The measured intensity signal includes the true intensity of light transmitted from each of the light sources as well as noise introduced during the measurement process. A data sample from each of the light sources is digitized and a set of equations developed as a function of a ratio value indicative of oxygen saturation in the patient. The fractal dimension is determined for the set of signal functions over the normal physiological range for the ratio value. Maximum and/or minimum fractal dimension values are calculated to determine the desired ratio values which are possible indicatives of the ratio of true physiological signals or noise signals. The ratio values are subsequently processed to determine the oxygen saturation within the patient.
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SpaceLabs Medical, Inc.
Sykes Angela D.
Yarnell Bryan K.
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