Patent ID: 8777891
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for in vivo testing of fluids in a patient's body, comprising: A) an illuminant source and illuminant detector, both disposed external to a patient, B) a first fiber optic bundle that carries illuminant from the source into the patient's body, C) a second fiber optic bundle that carries illuminant scattered by fluid in the patient's body to the detector, D) wherein distal ends of the first and second fiber optic bundles are configured so that the second fiber optic bundle captures and transmits to the detector reflected and/or scattered (collectively, “scattered”) illuminant at a cellular scale of resolution such that selected cellular-sized biological components are distinguished and counted, and E) a lens that resolves the scattered illuminant at a cellular scale of distances such that separate cellular-sized components of a same type are distinguished from one another and so counted, where those components are any of white blood cells, red blood cells, fibrin, bubbles, and other cellular-sized components of the fluid and wherein the number of counts are analyzed over time and/or from a baseline.