Abstract: A method of analyzing a patient's tissue oxygenation capabilities includes measuring a tissue chromophore whose light absorption properties depend on the oxygenation state of the tissue and generating data representative of tissue oxygenation before, during and after a controlled ischemia event. From this data characterizing data, including ischemia onset slope, ischemia onset response time, ischemia recovery slope, ischemia recovery response time or hyperemia is automatically determined. This characterizing data is related to corresponding characterizing data determined from a control population. The relationship may be displayed on a graphical display.

Abstract: A head suspension for supporting a read/write head adjacent a rotating data storage device has electrical conductors extending across the head suspension that are protected from contact and possible damage by a lifting arm by one or more standoffs that project outwardly from the head suspension adjacent and beyond the electrical conductors where the standoffs will come into contact with the lifting arm as it passes beneath the head suspension.