Development and in-vivo validation of a portable phosphorescence lifetime-based fiber-optic oxygen sensor.

Witthauer, Lilian; Roussakis, Emmanuel; Cascales, Juan Pedro; Goss, Avery; Li, Xiaolei; Cralley, Alexis; Yoeli, Dor; Moore, Hunter B; Wang, Zhaohui; Wang, Yong; Li, Bing; Huang, Christene A; Moore, Ernest E; Evans, Conor L (2023). Development and in-vivo validation of a portable phosphorescence lifetime-based fiber-optic oxygen sensor. Scientific reports, 13(1), p. 14782. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-023-41917-5

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Oxygenation is a crucial indicator of tissue viability and function. Oxygen tension ([Formula: see text]), i.e. the amount of molecular oxygen present in the tissue is a direct result of supply (perfusion) and consumption. Thus, measurement of [Formula: see text] is an effective method to monitor tissue viability. However, tissue oximetry sensors commonly used in clinical practice instead rely on measuring oxygen saturation ([Formula: see text]), largely due to the lack of reliable, affordable [Formula: see text] sensing solutions. To address this issue we present a proof-of-concept design and validation of a low-cost, lifetime-based oxygen sensing fiber. The sensor consists of readily-available off-the shelf components such as a microcontroller, a light-emitting diode (LED), an avalanche photodiode (APD), a temperature sensor, as well as a bright in-house developed porphyrin molecule. The device was calibrated using a benchtop setup and evaluated in three in vivo animal models. Our findings show that the new device design in combination with the bright porphyrin has the potential to be a useful and accurate tool for measuring [Formula: see text] in tissue, while also highlighting some of the limitations and challenges of oxygen measurements in this context.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition

UniBE Contributor:

Witthauer, Lilian

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2045-2322

Publisher:

Springer Nature

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

12 Sep 2023 12:33

Last Modified:

29 Oct 2023 02:23

Publisher DOI:

10.1038/s41598-023-41917-5

PubMed ID:

37679415

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/186151

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/186151

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