PERIPHERAL FIBEROPTIC INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD METRIC PROBE MODULAR DEVICE AND METHOD

The invention is a device and method for measuring, inter alia, blood oxygenation, arterial/venous blood gas, and/or hemoglobin values in an already-inserted arterial or venous catheter in a patient. It allows the measurement of a meaningful and commonly understood metrics of blood oxygenation and g...

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1. Verfasser:	ANDERSON, Robert John
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention is a device and method for measuring, inter alia, blood oxygenation, arterial/venous blood gas, and/or hemoglobin values in an already-inserted arterial or venous catheter in a patient. It allows the measurement of a meaningful and commonly understood metrics of blood oxygenation and gas exchange in hypo-perfused patients while avoiding the additional discomfort and risk of infection posed by inserting a standalone device with its own catheter. Analogous uses of the apparatus for other measurements is possible.