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US 12,193,831 · App. 18/348,442 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Perfusion and oxygenation measurement

Inventors: Martin F. Burns (Los Angeles, CA); Graham O. Ross (Oceanside, CA)
Assignee: BBI Medical Innovations, LLC
A61B5/445A61B5/0064A61B5/0075A61B5/14552A61B5/0261A61B5/447
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Patent No.
US 12,193,831
App. No.
18/348,442
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for evaluating the flow of blood in damaged or healing tissue. The present disclosure also provides methods of identifying a patient at the onset of risk of pressure ulcer or at risk of the onset of pressure ulcer, and treating the patient with anatomy-specific clinical intervention selected based on perfusion or blood oxygenation values, or a combination thereof. The present disclosure also provides methods of stratifying groups of patients based on risk of wound development and methods of reducing incidence of tissue damage in a care facility. The present disclosure also provides methods to analyze trends of perfusion or oxygenation measurements to detect tissue damage before it is visible, and methods to compare bisymmetric perfusion values to identify damaged tissue.

Claims (10)

1. An apparatus for measuring reflected light from tissue below a patient's skin, comprising:

an emitter configured to emit light at a first wavelength and a second wavelength-when, wherein the emitted light comprises infrared light or near infrared light,

a first receiver configured to measure a first intensity of received light at the first wavelength and a second intensity of received light at the second wavelength and provide a first signal comprising information about the first and second intensities of the received light, wherein the received light comprises infrared light or near infrared light, wherein the first wavelength and the second wavelength comprise the same wavelength of infrared or near infrared light, and wherein the first wavelength and the second wavelength are emitted at non-overlapping times,

a substrate coupled to the emitter and the first receiver and configured such that the emitter and first receiver can be placed in simultaneous contact with the patient's skin, and

a processor coupled to the first receiver and configured to:

receive the first signal,

determine a first delta value of the first and second intensities of the received light.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the infrared light comprises light in the wavelength range between 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the near infrared light comprises light in the wavelength range between 700 and 900 nanometers.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first receiver is further configured to measure a first property of the received light at the first wavelength and a second property of the received light at the second wavelength, and wherein the first signal further comprises information about the first and second properties of the received light.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2024
From: ROSS, GRAHAM O.
To: BRUIN BIOMETRICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 068959/0023 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: ROSS, GRAHAM O.
To: BRUIN BIOMETRICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065173/0339 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: BURNS, MARTIN F.
To: BRUIN BIOMETRICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065173/0345 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: BRUIN BIOMETRICS, LLC
To: BBI MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065173/0374 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: BRUIN BIOMETRICS, LLC
To: BBI MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065173/0413 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16511802 · Jul 15, 2019
Provisional Application 62849700 · May 17, 2019
Provisional Application 62698684 · Jul 16, 2018
Related Publication 20230346300A1 · Nov 2, 2023
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