DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Conventional pulse oximetry has significant limitations because it works on the assumption that there are only two species of hemoglobin present: oxygenated hemoglobin (O2Hb) and reduced hemoglobin (RHb). In reality, two other hemoglobin species --… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Fetal heart rate monitoring is intended to detect signs of fetal distress due to oxygen starvation of the fetus. Unfortunately these methods of fetal monitoring are subject to a high incidence of false positives, resulting in more than 200,000 unnecessary… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the entire U.S. hospital healthcare system, four of the top ten most expensive conditions requiring hospitalization are related to the care of infants. One of these four is "lack of oxygen in utero" (birth asphyxia), which requires an average stay of almost 13… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Conventional pulse oximetry has significant limitations because it works on the assumption that there are only two species of hemoglobin present in arterial blood, oxygenated hemoglobin (O2Hb) and reduced hemoglobin (RHb). In reality, two other hemoglobin species… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): It is a rare event when new and useful medical parameters can be added to the suite of monitoring and diagnostic tests available in a clinical setting. Of particular importance is the ability to measure crucial physiological parameters or analytes in a continuous… More