THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
发明人:
ROGERS, JOHN A.,GAO, LI,MALYARCHUK, VIKTOR,WEBB, RICHARD CHAD
申请号：
CA2958168
公开号：
CA2958168A1
申请日:
2015.08.11
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
Tissue-mounted devices and methods for monitoring a thermal transport property (e.g., thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, heat capacity) of tissue, such as skin, are disclosed. The devices conformally mount to the tissue and comprise one or more thermal actuators and a plurality of sensors. The actuator applies heat to the tissue and the sensors detect a spatio temporal distribution of a physiological tissue parameter or physical property resulting from the heating. This spatio temporal information may be correlated with a rate, velocity and/or direction of blood flow, the presence of a vascular occlusion, circulation changes due to inflammation, hydration level and other physiological parameters.
