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US 2008/0306402 A1Published application
Method and system for determining vitality, healing and condition of tissue or organ for surgery
OwnerMichaeal G. Singerinventor
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Abstract
A method of organ and tissue vitality assessment for surgery, including subjecting the organ or tissue to bioelectrical impedance analysis; taking initial and serial measurements of resistance, reactance, capacitance, phase angle, impedance or any value derived therefrom; and tracking the initial and serial measurements to establish vitality, healing, and condition of the organ or tissue for surgery.
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A method of organ and tissue vitality assessment for surgery, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting the organ or tissue to bioelectrical impedance analysis;
- taking initial and serial measurements of resistance, reactance, capacitance, phase angle, impedance or any value derived therefrom;
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- tracking said initial and serial measurements to establish vitality, healing, and condition of said organ or tissue for surgery.
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A method according to claim 7, including the steps of:
- assessing of any trauma, operative site or transplant site, recipient and/or donor area to assess and monitor healing, perfusion, infection, inflammation I by comparing measured values of impedance (bioelectrical) to previous values and improvements as in increasing Pa, Xc, Cap and Par Cap or while monitoring R and having it return to healthy values, or by seeing R decrease from baseline indicating the accumulation of extracellular fluids, decreasing Xc, Cap, Pa and or Par Cap.
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