A new biomedical device for in vivo multiparametric evaluation of tissue vitality in critical care medicine

Avraham Mayevsky; Assaf Deutsch; Nava Dekel; Eliyahu Pevzner; Alex Jaronkin

doi:10.1117/12.587584

1 April 2005 A new biomedical device for in vivo multiparametric evaluation of tissue vitality in critical care medicine

Avraham Mayevsky, Assaf Deutsch, Nava Dekel, Eliyahu Pevzner, Alex Jaronkin

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Proceedings Volume 5692, Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems III; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.587584
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2005, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Real time Monitoring of mitochondrial function in vivo is a significant factor in the understanding of tissue vitality. Nevertheless a single parameter monitoring device is not appropriate and effective in clinical diagnosis of tissue vitality. Therefore we have developed a multi-parametric monitoring system that monitors, in addition to mitochondrial NADH redox state, tissue microcirculatory blood flow, tissue total back-scattered light as an indication of blood volume and blood oxygenation (Hb0₂). In the present communication a new device named "CritiView" is described. This device was developed in order to enable real time monitoring of the four parameters from various organs in the body. The main medical application of the CritiView is in critical care medicine of patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and intraoperatively in operating rooms. The physiological basis for our clinical monitoring approach is based on the well known response to the development of body emergency situation, such as shock or trauma. Under such conditions a process of blood flow redistribution will give preference to vital organs (Brain, Heart) neglecting less vital organs (Skin, G-I tract or the urinary system). Under such condition the brain will by hyperperfused and O₂ supply will increase to provide the need of the activated mitochondria. The non-vital organs will be hypoperfused and mitochondial function will be inhibited leading to energy failure. This differentiation between the two types of organs could be used for the early detection of body deterioration by monitoring of the non-vital organ vitality. A fiber optic sensor was embedded in a Foley catheter, enabling the monitoring of Urethral wall vitality, to serve as an early warning signal of body deterioration.

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Avraham Mayevsky, Assaf Deutsch, Nava Dekel, Eliyahu Pevzner, and Alex Jaronkin "A new biomedical device for in vivo multiparametric evaluation of tissue vitality in critical care medicine", Proc. SPIE 5692, Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems III, (1 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.587584

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