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- From: babb@sciences.sdsu.edu (J. Babb)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: pulse oximetry
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- Date: 26 Jan 1993 01:13:06 GMT
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- From Wolfbeis, Otto S. "Fiber Optic Chemical Sensors and Biosensors"
- Volume 2. CRC Press May 1991.
-
- A pulsatile arterial bed (such as a patients earlobe or toe)
- is sandwiched between a pair of LEDs (emitting 660 and 925nm)
- A fiber bundle which sends transmitted light of both wavelengths
- to a photodetector. The intensity of light eaching the photodiode
- is determined by the pigmentation and thickness of the skin and
- the absorption of venous and arterial blood in the tissue. The
- absorbance of the skin and venous blood is constant; that of
- the arterial blood changes because of pulsatile blood flow.
-
- I've got a coupla questions:
- I went into the hospital for a procedure and had an oximeter taped to my
- right index finger, afterwards I asked the doctor if I could have the
- sensor
- It had only ONE LED and Phototransistor, Not two. From this they got not
- only
- my pulse but blood oxygen level, too.
- The book referenced above is not available to me, is too expensive ($200!),
- and doesn't cover the one LED method anyway. Can anyone shed some light
- (other than 660 and 925nm, :-) on this.
- Jeff
-