Patent ID: 11864909
Assignee: BBI MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for assessing blood perfusion, said apparatus comprising:
an emitter configured to emit light at a first wavelength and a second wavelength when activated,
a first receiver and a second receiver, wherein said first receiver is configured to be placed at a first location on a patient's skin and said second receiver is configured to be placed at the same time against a second location on said patient's skin, wherein said second location is bisymmetric relative to said first location,
a circuit electronically coupled to said first receiver and said second receiver and configured to measure a first reflected light property of said first receiver and to measure a second reflected light property of said second receiver and provide information regarding said first and second reflected light properties,
a processor electronically coupled to said circuit and configured to receive said information, and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium electronically coupled to said processor and comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed on said processor, perform the steps of:
converting said first reflected light property into a first perfusion value and said second reflected light property into a second perfusion value, and
determining a difference between said first perfusion value and said second perfusion value.