Abstract: Arrangement for determining the oxygen saturation in human blood vessels and organs with a measurement sensor with at least two light sources of different wavelengths--preferably wavelengths of 660 nm and 940 nm--and with at least one receiver which receives the light transmitted and reflected from the oxygen particles which are bonded with the hemoglobin in the irradiated vessel or organ and transmits it as an electrical signal to a pulsoximeter for evaluation of the measurement results and readout on a display device. An additional measurement sensor is associated with the measurement sensor for locating a blood vessel or organ to be selected and the two measurement sensors are designed such that they can be handled together as a constructional unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the oxygen saturation of fetuses during childbirth, using a probe, assigned to the fetal scalp, with two or four photodiodes operating at different wave lengths and a photodetector disposed in the plane of the photodiodes as parts of an optical reflection measurement portion for determining the oxygen saturation in the arterial or pulsating bloodstream, which is proportional to the ratio of oxyhemoglobin to the sum of oxyhemoglobin and desoxyhemoglobin by reflection measurement in an area, which is not subjected to a partial vacuum. Output signals of the apparatus are supplied to an evaluating pulsoxymeter over a cable connection having a plug-and-socket connector.