US 12,011,316 B2
Blood flow monitors and methods of monitoring characteristics of tissue
Travis Dillon, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Suresh Dwarakaprasad, Medford, NJ (US); and David Edwin Petroskey, Lorain, OH (US)
Assigned to CooperSurgical, Inc., Trumbull, CT (US)
Filed by CooperSurgical, Inc., Trumbull, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,453, filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127280 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/06 (2013.01) [A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring characteristics of tissue comprising:
placing a tissue flap at a point of treatment, the tissue flap comprising a section of tissue that includes a first blood vessel;
attaching a first sensor to the tissue flap to monitor blood flow through the first blood vessel, the first sensor contacting the first blood vessel;
attaching the first sensor to a blood flow monitor having a first visual display field and a second visual display field;
attaching a second sensor to the tissue flap to monitor a characteristic of the tissue flap, the second sensor being different than the first sensor;
attaching the second sensor to the blood flow monitor;
activating the blood flow monitor to observe the blood flow through the first blood vessel and the characteristic of the tissue flap, the first visual display field showing blood flow over time, the second visual display field showing the characteristic of the tissue flap; and
monitoring the blood flow through the first blood vessel over a period of time and the characteristic of the tissue flap using the blood flow monitor.