ArticleJournal of intensive medicine2026
The OxyCam: A novel hand-held vital microscope for quantitative measurement of microcirculatory perfusion and oxygenation.
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- Beyond macrocirculatory targets: a multimodal framework for microcirculatory and organ perfusion monitoring in sepsis.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Background: Hand-Held Vital Microscopy (HVM) has been utilized in clinical investigations to measure microcirculation, providing valuable insights into the pathophysiology of critical illness and its treatment. However, its clinical implementation has been hampered by several shortcomings. These included the need for automatic analysis software, for instant image stabilization, and for information regarding microcirculatory oxygenation. The aim of this study is to describe an HVM which has realized these research objectives. Methods: This preclinical study introduces the OxyCam, a novel HVM device. OxyCam stabilizes images during recording and subsequently provides essential microcirculatory functional parameters through automatic analysis. Green and blue illuminated images, sequentially recorded and ratio imaged, allow calculation of the hemoglobin (Hb) oxygen saturation (µHbO Results: Green and blue illumination from the OxyCam yielded higher total vessel density (OxyCam green [31.4±4.3] mm/mm Conclusions: The OxyCam has been validated for measuring tissue perfusion and oxygenation and can be considered for point-of-care diagnosis of the microcirculation at the bedside.
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