Pressure sensor and method of fabricating such a module
    6.
    发明授权
    Pressure sensor and method of fabricating such a module 有权
    压力传感器及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US07418868B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-02

    申请号:US11359952

    申请日:2006-02-21

    IPC分类号: G01L7/00

    摘要: A body fluid pressure sensor module according to the invention comprises a housing having a first end and a second end and enclosing a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is electrically coupled to a plurality of electrical conductors extending into the housing through a feedthrough disposed within, and hermetically sealing, the first end of the housing. The housing defines a chamber disposed between the feedthrough and the second end of the housing. The chamber contains a material in communication with the pressure sensor, the material being capable of transmitting pressure variations to the pressure sensor. The plurality of electrical conductors have ends within the housing, and the pressure sensor is mounted on the end of at least one of the conductors. Also disclosed are medical leads incorporating the pressure sensor module, and methods for fabricating the modules. The pressure sensor module is compact, and particularly so where cable conductors are utilized and the sensor is directly mounted on at least one of the cable conductors. The compactness of a pressure sensor module pursuant to the invention facilitates its incorporation into a small diameter, flexible medical lead enhancing its placement within a patient's body, for example, within the left atrium of the heart.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的体液压力传感器模块包括具有第一端和第二端并且包围压力传感器的壳体。 压力传感器电耦合到通过设置在壳体的第一端内并且密封地密封壳体中的馈通部延伸到壳体中的多个电导体。 壳体限定设置在馈通和壳体的第二端之间的室。 该室包含与压力传感器连通的材料,该材料能够将压力变化传递到压力传感器。 多个电导体具有在壳体内的端部,并且压力传感器安装在至少一个导体的端部上。 还公开了结合压力传感器模块的医疗引线以及用于制造模块的方法。 压力传感器模块是紧凑的,特别是在使用电缆导体并且传感器直接安装在至少一个电缆导体上的情况下。 根据本发明的压力传感器模块的紧凑性便于其结合到小直径的柔性医疗引线中,从而增强其在患者身体内的放置,例如在心脏的左心房内。

    Implantable multi-wavelength venous oxygen saturation and hematocrit sensor and method
    7.
    发明授权
    Implantable multi-wavelength venous oxygen saturation and hematocrit sensor and method 有权
    可植入多波长静脉血氧饱和度和血细胞比容传感器及方法

    公开(公告)号:US08175668B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-08

    申请号:US11877056

    申请日:2007-10-23

    IPC分类号: A61B5/1455

    摘要: An intravenous implantable optical sensor assesses the relative absorbance of multiple wavelengths of light in order to determine oxygen saturation. The calculation of oxygen saturation is enhanced by use of a function of hematocrit which is derived from the relative absorbance of light of an isobestic wavelength along two different length paths through the blood. The use of the hematocrit-dependent term and multiple wavelengths of light to calculate oxygen saturation provides results that are less susceptible to noise and variation in hematocrit and thus provides a more accurate measure of oxygen saturation over a wider range of conditions than previously possible. The optical sensor may form part of an implantable system which performs the calculation of oxygen saturation and uses the results for a diagnostic or therapeutic purpose.

    摘要翻译: 静脉注射光学传感器评估多个波长的光的相对吸光度以确定氧饱和度。 通过使用血细胞比容的功能来提高氧饱和度的计算,血细胞比容的功能来源于通过血液的两条不同长度路径的异质波长的光的相对吸光度。 使用血细胞比容相关术语和多个波长的光来计算氧饱和度提供的结果不太容易受噪声和血细胞比容的变化,因此在比以前可能的更宽的条件下提供更准确的氧饱和度测量。 光学传感器可以形成可执行氧饱和度的计算的可植入系统的一部分,并将结果用于诊断或治疗目的。

    Processing venous oxygen saturation and hematocrit information in an implantable sensor
    9.
    发明授权
    Processing venous oxygen saturation and hematocrit information in an implantable sensor 有权
    在植入式传感器中处理静脉血氧饱和度和血细胞比容信息

    公开(公告)号:US08385999B1

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-26

    申请号:US12028261

    申请日:2008-02-08

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: Methods of processing venous oxygen saturation and hematrocrit information in an implantable sensor are provided. In an embodiment a method for collecting data from an implantable multi-wavelength SvO2 sensor having multiple light sources is provided. The method includes receiving a frame signal that indicates a beginning of the light sources being turned on and receiving a light source signal that indicates a light source is on. The output of a photodetector is sampled to measure the intensity of the transmitted light. The process is repeated for each light source to gather intensity measurements that then can be used to generate venous oxygen saturation and hematocrit measurements.

    摘要翻译: 提供了在可植入传感器中处理静脉血氧饱和度和血细胞信息的方法。 在一个实施例中,提供了一种用于从具有多个光源的可植入多波长SvO2传感器收集数据的方法。 该方法包括接收指示光源开始接通的帧信号,并接收指示光源所接通的光源信号。 对光检测器的输出进行采样以测量透射光的强度。 对于每个光源重复该过程以收集强度测量,然后可以使用该测量来产生静脉血氧饱和度和血细胞比容测量。

    Calibrating implantable optical sensors
    10.
    发明授权
    Calibrating implantable optical sensors 失效
    校准植入光学传感器

    公开(公告)号:US07630078B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-08

    申请号:US11683521

    申请日:2007-03-08

    IPC分类号: G01B9/08

    摘要: A measurement light detector detects light transmitted by a light source of an implantable system that is scattered back into an implantable housing, and produces a measurement signal indicative of the intensity of the light detected by the measurement light detector. A calibration light detector detects a portion of the transmitted light that has not exited the housing, and produces a calibration signal that is indicative of the intensity of the light detected by the calibration light detector, which is indicative of the intensity of the light transmitted by the light source. Changes in the intensity of the transmitted light are compensated for based on the calibration signal produced by the calibration light detector. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.

    摘要翻译: 测量光检测器检测由可植入系统的光源透射的光,其被散射回到可植入的壳体中,并且产生指示由测量光检测器检测到的光的强度的测量信号。 校准光检测器检测未离开壳体的透射光的一部分,并且产生指示由校准光检测器检测的光的强度的校准信号,该校准信号指示由光学器件发射的光的强度 光源。 基于由校准光检测器产生的校准信号来补偿透射光强度的变化。 本说明书不是对本发明的完整描述或限制本发明的范围。 本发明的其它特征,方面和目的可以通过对说明书,附图和权利要求的评述来获得。