US 12,329,498 B2
Infrared visualization of cardiac and pulmonary activity
Robert Huber, Toledo, OH (US)
Assigned to JuvaTech, LLC, Toledo, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/602,498
Filed by JuvaTech, LLC, Toledo, OH (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/027389
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/210435, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/831,937, filed on Apr. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211279 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0205 (2013.01) [A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 5/4884 (2013.01); A61B 5/7203 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing cardiac activity or pulmonary activity of a fly, the method comprising:
obtaining video of a neck region of a fly under infrared illumination to produce a stream of images; and
identifying a recurrent pattern in the stream of images of the neck region of the fly, wherein the recurrent pattern corresponds to a heartbeat or breathing of the fly based on contractions and expansions of blood vessels within the neck region.