Patent ID: 11950906
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A method comprising:
measuring, by an optical sensor of a medical device system, a tissue oxygen saturation parameter; and
performing, by processing circuitry of the medical device system, a plurality of evaluations wherein each evaluation of the plurality of evaluations is associated with a measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter, and wherein, for each of the evaluations, the method comprises:
determining, based on an ambient light measurement associated with the measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter, one or both of:
whether to perform one or more actions corresponding to controlling the optical sensor to perform the measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter, or
whether to perform one or more actions corresponding to using the measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter to track a patient condition; and

completing, by the processing circuitry, the evaluation based on determining one or both of whether to perform one or more actions corresponding to controlling the optical sensor to perform the measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter, or whether to perform one or more actions corresponding to using the measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter to track a patient condition.