Patent ID: 11963764
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of spatially mapping oxygenation content in a tissue sample, the method comprising:
placing an oximeter device having an array of interleaved measurement pixels proximal to an area of a tissue sample, each said measurement pixel corresponding to a different measurement location of the area of the tissue sample, wherein each measurement pixel consists of one first light emitting element configured to emit only red light and a first corresponding sensing element adjacent thereto, and one second light emitting element configured to emit only green light or only NIR light and a second corresponding sensing element adjacent thereto;
taking measurements of the tissue sample using each measurement pixel in an order; and
creating a map of oxygenation content of the area of the tissue sample based on the measurements taken of the tissue sample.