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6176831 Apparatus and method for non-invasively monitoring a subject's arterial blood pressure  
Apparatus is disclosed for non-invasively monitoring a subject's blood pressure, in which a pressure sensor assembly that includes a pressure transducer is compressed against tissue overlying an...
6171254 Control for automatic blood pressure monitor  
A blood pressure monitoring system for automatic unattended operation uses curve fitting techniques determined during an initial inflation period to determine cuff size. Based upon cuff size, the...
6171252 Pressure sensor with increased sensitivity for use with an implantable medical device  
An apparatus and method for obtaining pressure data using a body implantable pressure sensor includes a measurement capacitor which is responsive to pressure changes of a body fluid. Non-constant,...
6165130 Method for diagnosing, monitoring and treating hypertension and other cardiac problems  
A method is disclosed for diagnosing, monitoring and treating cardiovascular pathologies. Among the hemodynamic parameters of interest are peripheral resistance, compliance, and cardiac (left...
6162181 Blood pressure measurement from the hand  
A method and assembly oscillometrically measures systolic, mean and diastolic blood pressures by inflating a form fitting cuff disposed over the Palmar Arch of the hand, and subsequently deflating...
6159157 Blood pressure measurement device with a sensor locator  
A blood pressure measurement device with a sensor locator for placing a non-invasive blood pressure measurement device over an underlying artery, the sensor locator having a plurality of extending...
6155983 Pulse wave detecting device and pulse measurer  
The present invention relates to a pulse wave detecting device for detecting pulse waves, and to a pulse measurer employing this pulse wave detecting device. The present invention addresses the...
6152880 Self-diagnostic blood pressure measuring apparatus  
A self-diagnostic blood pressure measuring apparatus displays a diagnostic result for each of the measured systolic and diastolic pressures for warning to an user. The apparatus includes has a...
6132383 Apparatus for holding and positioning an arterial pulse pressure sensor  
A sensor holding and positioning device. In one embodiment, the device includes a sensor base having two feet, the base forming a raised bridge between the two feet. The bridge has one or more...
6120459 Method and device for arterial blood pressure measurement  
A method of measurement of arterial diastolic blood pressure includes generating first and second signals indicative, respectively, of cardiac induced pulsatile variations in tissue blood volume in...
6120458 Low profile pressure measure device  
A pressure sensitive device includes a housing having an interior cavity and a narrow downwardly extending portion. A support plate is disposed within the housing cavity along with a flexible...
6117075 Depth of anesthesia monitor  
A method and device for determining the depth of anesthesia. A pattern of very low frequency oscillations in measured skin temperature, or photoplethysmographic pulse pressure, is defined and...
6113548 Method and apparatus for estimation of beat-to-beat pulmonary wedge pressure  
A medical device for estimation of pulmonary wedge pressure wherein a non-occluded pulmonary artery blood pressure measurement is utilized to directly estimate the pulmonary wedge pressure. A...
6095983 Electro-pneumatic assembly for blood pressure cuff  
A conduit assembly according to the invention includes a first member comprising a pair of integral conduit sections which interface with a custom connector having a first pair of distal connectors...
6090047 Assessing cardiac contractility and cardiovascular interaction  
A novel method for estimating the end-systolic pressure-volume relationship (ESPVR) is presented. The method provides for accurate estimation of the ESPVR from a single beat of the cardiac cycle....
6090048 Method and arrangement for detecting the condition of a blood vessel access  
Methods for detecting the condition of a catheter providing access to a patient's blood vessel are disclosed in which the blood is supplied to an extracorporeal blood flow circuit. The method...
6056697 Pressure catheter calibration chamber  
An apparatus and method for calibrating the pressure readings obtained by catheter tip pressure transducers. The apparatus includes a Plexiglas vessel covered by a closure containing eight catheter...
6053872 Cardiac sonospectrographic analyzer  
An apparatus, operation and method for the noninvasive diagnosis of cardiovascular disease or disorder through angiosonospectrography. Through implementation of the present invention physiological...
6050952 Method for noninvasive monitoring and control of blood pressure  
A method of monitoring and controlling blood pressure wherein blood pressure is non-invasively monitored and an electromagnetic stimulus applied to a patient's baro-receptors responsive to the...
6050951 NIBP trigger in response to detected heart rate variability  
An automated sphygmomanometer which triggers a blood pressure determination upon detection of a significant change in the patient's heart rate variability (HRV). The HRV can be measured directly...
6048318 Vascular impedance measurement instrument  
A vascular impedance measurement instrument includes a transducer to obtain a digitized arterial blood pressure waveform. The digitized data is used to determine cardiac output, and to subsequently...
6045509 Apparatus and method for measuring an induced perturbation to determine a physiological parameter  
A monitor for determining a patient's physiological parameter includes a calibration device configured to provide a calibration signal representative of the patient's physiological parameter. An...
6036718 Bladderless blood pressure cuff  
A blood pressure cuff having a pair of flexible gas-impermeable sheets wherein each of the sheets has an inner and an outer side and wherein the inner sides are placed in contact and the edges of...
6036652 Blood pressure estimating apparatus and method  
An apparatus for successively estimating an intraarterial blood pressure of a living subject, based on information non-invasively obtained from a circulatory organ of the subject, including: a...
6027453 Blood pressure monitoring apparatus and method  
An apparatus for monitoring a blood pressure of a living subject, including: a first judging device for judging whether a physical parameter which is obtained from the subject and which changes in...
6022320 Blood pressure monitor apparatus  
A blood pressure (BP) monitor apparatus including a BP measuring device which measures a BP value of a living subject by changing a pressing pressure of a cuff, an estimated blood pressure (EBP)...
6019729 Sensor mechanism-equipped catheter  
A sensor mechanism-equipped catheter is easy to produce, suitable for a diameter reduction, and achieves a high sensing precision. In a catheter, a sensor assembly has a pressure-receiving piston,...
6017314 Segmented estimation method  
A method for determining blood pressure of an artery includes the steps of applying a pressure to the artery, sensing pressure data produced by the artery and deriving parameters for the sensed...
6010845 Leukocyte adhesion assay  
This invention provides a method of assaying leukocyte binding to vascular tissue which comprises contacting a suspension of a monocyte-like cell line in a suitable medium with a human vascular...
5984874 Pressure and temperature sensor transducer array  
A pressure or temperature sensor array utilizing a combination of liquid crystal material and charge coupled device (CCD) sensor array. The device generally comprises a liquid crystal material...
5980463 Method for respiratory tidal volume measurement  
A method obtains physiologic parameter information of an animal or human, such as respiratory tidal volume, from a blood pressure signal from an implanted blood pressure sensor in the animal or...
5980464 Apparatus for evaluating exercise function of person  
An apparatus for evaluating an exercise function of a person who undergoes an exercise load, including a pulse-rate measuring device which successively measures a pulse rate of the person in...
5976095 Noninvasive blood pressure sling  
A sling for use with a noninvasive blood pressure monitor which is designed to minimize contact by external objects with an inflatable cuff which surrounds a patient's limb during blood pressure...
5971931 Biologic micromonitoring methods and systems  
Methods and systems for monitoring biologic conditions including microsensors, wireless telemetry, expert systems, monitoring stations, and communication abilities. The methods and systems of the...
5961467 Cardiovascular system observation method  
A cardiovascular system observation method using a computer processor on the basis of pulse wave amplitude data obtained from a patient in a compressed state which changes, said method comprising:...
5938618 Method of positioning a sensor for determining blood pressure of an artery  
The present invention is a method for locating a sensor over an underlying artery having a blood pulse. The sensor is positioned at a plurality of locations above a known appoximate location of the...
5921935 Method and apparatus utilizing heart sounds for determining pressures associated with the left atrium  
Non-invasive apparatus and method for obtaining a quantitative determination of mean left atrial transmural pressure or otherwise obtaining a quantitative determination of a left atrial pressure...
5921936 System and method for evaluating the circulatory system of a living subject  
A system that accurately evaluates a living subject's circulatory system, even if the living subject is taking high blood pressure medication includes a time-difference determining device that...
5902248 Reduced size catheter tip measurement device  
A device that contemplates a unique and advantageous reduced size catheter tip measurement device. By using a bottom support member and a thin outer insulating layer, rather than a tubular metal...
5889212 Dual chamber differential pressure transducer with multiple inlet and outlet ports  
A single, disposable differential transducer having a molded plastic body in which there is a pair of chambers separated by a strain gage electronic chip that flexes in accordance with the...
5882311 Calibration for blood pressure pulses  
Disclosed is an improved arrangement for allowing more accurate automatic calibration for a system in which blood pressure pulses are derived for remote sites from a calibrated measurement and a...
5876346 Artery locating device  
The present invention relates to an artery locating device (10) which comprises a housing (18) comprising a housing power means access (18A), a housing bottom (18B), a housing front (18F), and a...
5876348 Blood pressure monitoring apparatus  
During a noninvasive blood pressure measurement using a cuff 2, a pulse wave propagation time T1 from the appearance of the peak value of an R wave in an electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform to the...
5876347 Method for vascular impedance measurement  
A vascular impedance measurement instrument includes a transducer to obtain a digitized arterial blood pressure waveform. The digitized data is used to determine cardiac output, and to subsequently...
5873834 Blood pressure detecting device  
The blood pressure detecting device includes a blood pressure meter, a physiological detector, and a processing unit. The processing unit stores an equation to convert the value of the...
5865755 Method and apparatus for non-invasive, cuffless, continuous blood pressure determination  
Arterial blood pressure of a subject is determined by detecting the EKG for the subject and selecting a fiducial point on the EKG during a pulse. Apparatus is provided for monitoring blood volume...
5865758 System for obtaining hemodynamic information  
A system (method and apparatus) for hemodynamic measurements of the cardiac activity, including the stroke volume and cardiac output on the basis of a blood pressure pulse wave of a patient. Using...
5865756 System and method for identifying and correcting abnormal oscillometric pulse waves  
A system and method for identifying and correcting abnormal oscillometric pressure pulse waves detects oscillometric pressure pulse waves produced by a cardiac muscle of a living subject,...
5853371 System and method for evaluating the degree of arterial elasticity in a living subject  
A system and method for evaluating the degree of elasticity of a subject's arteries includes an inflatable cuff that is wrapped around a portion of the living subject. A cuff pressure regulating...
5853372 Near infra-red signal processing system  
A signal processing system which utilizes a near infra-red sensor signal to monitor the heart pulse rate of a user. The signal processing system is used to control and monitor the output of the...