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US 2021/0219846 A1Published application
Apparatus and method of non-invasively determining deep tissue temperature using microwave radiometry
AssigneeBrain Temp, Inc.
InventorRobert C. Allison
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Abstract
An apparatus for measuring a target tissue temperature is provided. The sensor antenna may include an outside and a contact side. A sensor antenna measurement aperture may be disposed on the contact side. The sensor antenna measurement aperture may be configured to generate a first signal. A skin temperature sensor may be disposed on the contact side and configured to generate a second signal. A radiometer may be configured to receive the first signal and the second signal.
Claims10
An apparatus for measuring a target tissue temperature comprising:
- a sensor antenna including an outside and a contact side;
- a sensor antenna measurement aperture disposed on the contact side, the sensor antenna measurement aperture configured to generate a first signal;
- a skin temperature sensor disposed on the contact side, the skin temperature sensor configured to generate a second signal;
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- a radiometer, configured to receive the first signal and the second signal, in electrical communication with the sensor antenna, the sensor antenna measurement aperture, and the skin temperature sensor,
- wherein the target tissue temperature is calculated via the equation:
- Ttarget=Tskin+(Taverage−Tskin)*c,
- wherein Ttarget is the target tissue temperature, Tskin is the patient's skin temperature, Taverage is the average temperature as measured by the radiometer, and c is a constant.
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A method to measure a target tissue temperature comprising:
- disposing a sensor antenna on a patient's skin, the sensor antenna including a sensor antenna measurement aperture and a skin temperature sensor;
- detecting, via the sensor antenna, a plurality of microwave emissions from a measurement volume of tissues, the measurement volume of tissues comprising a plurality of tissue layers;
- detecting, via the skin temperature sensor, a patient's skin temperature;
- calculating an average temperature of the measurement volume of tissues;
- and
- calculating the target tissue temperature via the equation:
- Ttarget=Tskin+(Taverage−Tskin)*c,
- wherein Ttarget is the target tissue temperature, Tskin is the patient's skin temperature, Taverage is the average temperature, and c is a constant.
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