Method and apparatus for indicating perfusion and oxygen saturat

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128664, 128665, 340753, 340573, A61B 500

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for indicating perfusion and oxygen saturation trends in oximetry. In transmittance and reflectance oximetry, LEDs (40, 42) are typically employed to expose tissue to light at two different wavelengths. The light transmitted through, or reflected by, the tissue is received by a detector (38) where signals proportional to the intensity of light are produced. These signals are then processed by oximeter circuitry (14, 16) to determine oxygen saturation, pulse rate, and perfusion. Displays (20) are provided including a display (132, 134) of the change in the oxygen saturation during a specified interval. This display may include first (132) and second (134) trend indication displays that indicate when the oxygen saturation has either been increasing or decreasing at a rate in excess of some predetermined level. Preferably, these displays are triangular, upwardly and downwardly directed light-emitting diodes. A digital display (138) of the change in oxygen saturation may also be provided. A second type of display included provides pulse and perfusion information, with the perfusion being displayed as a logarithmic function of the actual perfusion. This display comprises an aligned array of light-emitting diodes (136) with the number of LED's lit imaging the plethysmigraphic waveform, peak to peak scaling is employed which is indicative of signal level and perfusion.

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