Commercial anesthetic-respiratory gas monitor utilizing Raman spectroscopy

Donald E. Gregonis; Richard A. Van Wagenen; D. Coleman; John R. Mitchell

doi:10.1117/12.22915

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1 November 1990 Commercial anesthetic-respiratory gas monitor utilizing Raman spectroscopy

Donald E. Gregonis, Richard A. Van Wagenen, D. Coleman, John R. Mitchell

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Proceedings Volume 1336, Raman and Luminescence Spectroscopies in Technology II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22915
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A commercial gas monitor which utilizes Raman Spectroscopy has been developed to monitor anesthetic and respiratory gases in the hospital operating room. The instrument measures all molecular gases administered by the anesthesiologist in real time with fast response of breath waveform. These gases include carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, oxygen, nitrogen and various volatile halogenated organic anesthetics, e.g. halothane, isoflurane, enflurane, sevoflurane and desflurane. The key feature of this instrument which allows it to produce adequate Raman signals with a low cost argon ion laser is measuring these gases inside the laser resonant cavity.

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Donald E. Gregonis, Richard A. Van Wagenen, D. Coleman, and John R. Mitchell "Commercial anesthetic-respiratory gas monitor utilizing Raman spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 1336, Raman and Luminescence Spectroscopies in Technology II, (1 November 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22915

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