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Zhi XuFollow

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Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus including a light source to generate a plurality of light beams with each of the plurality of light beams having a different wavelength range. The apparatus also includes a light funnel to direct the plurality of light beams to the target area, an aperture to direct the plurality of light beams emitting from the target area to a lens, the lens configured to collect the light beams emitting from the target area. Further, the apparatus includes a detector including a plurality of light-sensing devices each configured to detect a light beam and configured to generate an output signal indicative of an intensity of light detected and a processor for determining the blood characteristic as a function of each generated output signal.

Patent Number

US7809418B2

Assignee

The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Application Number

12/245,298

Date Filed

October 2008

Issue Date

10-5-2010

Comments

7809418

Optical device components

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