| 摘要 |
The invention provides, inter alia, 1 =automated medical methods and apparatus that test
16 10b PD effluent in a flow path (e.g., with an APD system o lob or CAPD setup) to detect, for example, the onset /9 of peritonitis, based on optical characteristics of the effluent resolved at cellular scales of distance. For 14 example, according to one aspect of the invention,
34 an APD machine includes, in an effluent flow path, apparatus for early stage peritonitis detection comprising an illumination source and a detector. The source is arranged to illuminate peritoneal effluent in a chamber that forms part of the flow path, and Figure 78 the detector is arranged to detect illuminant scattered -- by the effluent. The detector detects that reflected or
scattered illuminant at a cellular scale of resolution, 9 e.g., on a scale such that separate cellular-sized biological (or other) components in the effluent can be distinguished from oneanother based on scattering events detected by the detector. Other aspects of the 44 invention provide automated medical testing methods O and apparatus that detect the onset of peritonitis and other bodily conditions by testing fluids in the body W6 -in vivo, e.g., the patient's peritoneum. Such apparatus and methods utilize a first fiber optic bundle to carry illuminant from a source of the type described above |
