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US 2007/0179365 A1Published application
Method for monitoring body fluids
AssigneeGlucon, Inc.
InventorsGabriel Bitton, Benny Pesach, Ron Nagar
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Abstract
A method of monitoring at least one fluid compartment of a body comprising: illuminating the skin with light that stimulates photoacoustic waves in the skin; and using the photoacoustic waves to measure change in the volume of the fluid compartment.
Claims18
A method of monitoring at least one fluid compartment of a body comprising:
- illuminating the skin with light that stimulates photoacoustic waves in the skin;
- and
- using the photoacoustic waves to measure change in the volume of the fluid compartment.
A method of determining change in thickness of the skin comprising:
- illuminating the skin with light that stimulates photoacoustic waves in the skin;
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- using the photoacoustic waves to determine change in the thickness.
A method of determining change in thickness of the skin comprising:
- illuminating the skin with light that stimulates photoacoustic waves in a blood vessel in or below the skin;
- using the photoacoustic waves to determine change in distance of the blood vessel below the skin surface;
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- using change in the distance to determine change in skin thickness.
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A method of determining changes in thickness of the skin comprising:
- transmitting ultrasound that is reflected from a blood vessel in or below the skin;
- using the reflected ultrasound to determine change in distance at which the blood vessel is located beneath the skin surface;
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- using changes in the distance to determine changes in skin thickness.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.