Monitor and system for monitoring an organism

Abstract

Provided is a monitor for monitoring the condition of the interior of a living organism from the surface of the living organism. The monitor is provided with: a probe which includes an observation window and is attached to the organism surface; a unit which irradiates, with a laser, at least a portion of an observation region; a unit which detects scattered light resulting from the laser irradiation; a Doppler analysis unit and a SORS analysis unit which narrow down the observation spots to a first observation spot; and a CARS analysis unit which obtains the optical spectrum for at least one component, and outputs first information indicating the condition of the organism interior on the basis of the intensity of the spectrum.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A sensor platform comprising:
 a tunable laser engine that is capable of supplying a variable wavelength Stokes light and a variable wavelength pump light;   an optical engine including a probe that emits the Stokes light and the pump light on to at least part of an observation region and receives a CARS light from the observation region; and   a detector for detecting the CARS light, and   wherein the optical engine includes optical paths for guiding the Stokes light and the pump light from the tunable laser engine to the probe and the CARS light from the probe to the detector, and   the detector is wavelength non-selective detector and includes one or more optical elements that acquire the CARS light from one or more components that are match one or more wavelength conditions set by the Stokes light and the pump light tuned with the tunable laser engine.   
     
     
         3 . The sensor platform according to  claim 2 , wherein the detector includes at least one of a type of photodiode and a type including elements laid out in two dimensions. 
     
     
         4 . The sensor platform according to  claim 2 , wherein the detector includes:
 a first type detector including a photodiode;   a second type detector including elements laid out in two dimensions; and   an optical element for dividing and supplying the CARS light to the first and second types of detector.   
     
     
         5 . The sensor platform according to  claim 2 , wherein the tunable laser engine, the optical engine, and the detector are packaged as chips respectively and are stacked. 
     
     
         6 . A monitor that includes the sensor platform according to  claim 2  and monitors a state of an organism internal part from a surface of the organism as the observation region. 
     
     
         7 . The monitor according to  claim 6 , wherein the tunable laser engine, the optical engine, and the detector are packaged as chips respectively and are stacked to be attached to the surface. 
     
     
         8 . The monitor according to  claim 6 , further comprising a signal processing engine that outputs first information showing the state of the organism internal part based on detection results of the detector. 
     
     
         9 . The monitor according to  claim 8 , wherein the first information includes a glucose concentration in a blood. 
     
     
         10 . A system comprising:
 a monitor according to  claim 8 ; and   a delivery system that provides a physiologically active substance to the organism based on the first information.   
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 10  further comprising:
 a behavior monitor that acquires or predicts an external state of the organism; and 
 a controller that controls an amount or type of physiologically active substance provided to the organism from the delivery system according to information from the behavior monitor in addition to the first information.