Patent ID: 7774037
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: A61B,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for measuring blood oxygen saturation in blood of a patient, comprising: placing against a body part of the patient an apparatus for non-invasive measurement of at least one analyte in the blood in the body part of the patient; transmitting light via a set of one or more light transmitting fibers to the body part of the patient; detecting light transmitted from, or reflected through, the body part of the patient via a set of one or more light detector fibers; determining a measurement of at least one analyte in the blood utilizing a non-pulsatile element of the blood; and measuring blood oxygen saturation (SO wherein, OXI is the oxygenation index of the blood and is defined by the equation: wherein, HbI is the hemoglobin index of the blood and is defined by the equation: and wherein: and wherein: