Multipoint Tissue Circulation Monitoring with a Flexible Optical Probe.

ABSTRACT: Compromised circulation is a potential complication during the postoperative period following tissue transplantation. The use of a monitoring device allows physicians to detect compromised circulation immediately. Such monitoring devices need to be continuously usable, wearable, and area-detectable. However, existing devices fail to satisfy all of these requirements simultaneously. We developed a wearable, multipoint pulse wave-monitoring device. An array of reflective optical sensors implemented on a thin film substrate was used as a lightweight and flexible probe. As a model of tissue transplantation, an inguinal flap in a Wistar rat was dissected and freed from all subcutaneous tissue. By ligating the artery or vein, ischemia or congestion was induced in the tissue. In a human study, is

SUBMITTER: Tomioka Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5575279 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature