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5797838 |
Physical-information-image displaying apparatus
A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image...
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5797395 |
Continuous cardiac output derived from arterial pressure waveform using pattern recognition
A system and method of determining cardiac output from a cardiac pressure waveform. The pressure waveform is continuously sensed and converted into a digital data stream. When a complete beat frame...
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5788642 |
In vivo rezero apparatus for a pressure transducer
An in vivo rezero apparatus for a pressure transducer is disclosed. This invention includes embodiments where both sides of the pressure transducer are exposed to atmospheric pressure to rezero the...
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5785652 |
Physical-information abnormality informing endoscope
An apparatus for informing an operator of an abnormality of a physical information obtained from a living subject, including a physical-information obtaining device which obtains the physical...
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5758657 |
Pressure transducer positioning system and method
An optical system for positioning a pressure transducer relative to a patient to provide for accurate measurement of bodily fluids within the patient. A light source such as a laser is used to...
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5740810 |
One hand push button fast flush device
A flush device for an intravenous blood pressure monitoring system has a main body which includes a continuous capillary flow channel and a fast flush channel. The continuous capillary flow channel...
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5704362 |
Method for oscillometric blood pressure determination employing curve fitting
A method of measuring blood pressure where a plurality of oscillometric data values are measured from a subject at a plurality pressure levels, a function curve having the shape of an oscillometric...
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5701905 |
Guide catheter with sensing element
A guide catheter includes a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end. A pressure or other sensor is disposed at or near the distal end of the body, preferably having an active surface...
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RE35648 |
Sensor guide construction and use thereof
A sensor guide has a sensor element, an electronic unit, a signal transmitting cable connecting the sensor element to the electronic unit, a flexible tube having the cable and the sensor element...
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5678557 |
One hand push button intraflo
A flush device for an intravenous blood pressure monitoring system has a main body which includes a continuous flow channel and a fast flush channel. The continuous flow channel is integral with...
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5653240 |
Method and device for measuring portal blood pressure
A method and a device to measure portal blood pressure with an endoscope and an inflatable balloon inserted into the esophagus and positioned at the diaphragmatic hiatus. A balloon mounted over a...
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5570671 |
Method for positioning esophageal catheter for determining pressures associated with the left atrium
A method for positioning an esophageal catheter for determining a pressure associated with the left atrium. As a bi-polar electrode is moved up the esophagus, an electrogram is obtained at each of...
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5568815 |
Self-powered interface circuit for use with a transducer sensor
An interface circuit for interfacing a semiconductor transducer sensor to a patient vital signs monitor is disclosed. In one embodiment, the interface circuit includes a power supply circuit that...
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5564425 |
Catheter with built-in-display
The catheter for supplying fluids to or draining them from the body of a patient is provided in its tube wall with a detector device integrated in the form of a block unit. The detector device is...
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5551439 |
Method of determining a mean pressure from a source within a body
Non-invasive apparatus and method for obtaining a quantitative determination of mean left atrial pressure or otherwise obtaining a quantitative determination of a left atrial pressure value. A...
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5551300 |
User-restricted passage in reusable portion of device for monitoring a physiological pressure
A pressure monitoring apparatus for use in monitoring a physiological fluid pressure in successive patients. Three embodiments of the pressure monitoring apparatus (10, 100, 200) are disclosed,...
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5517846 |
Electronic vacuum sensor
A disposable electronic vacuum sensor capable of detecting a relatively low vacuum pressure of about 0.04 to 0.05 inches of water. The sensor includes a body having an LED and an opening at one...
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5501227 |
Angioplasty apparatus facilitating rapid exchange and method
Apparatus for introduction into the vessel of a patient comprising a guiding catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel of the patient and a device adapted to be inserted into the guiding...
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5482049 |
Programmable electronic blood pressure monitoring labels
An electronic labeling and display system for displaying a user defined label created once by the user at a display monitor location and displayed at the remote sensing location and a display monitor.
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5460183 |
Switchable filter for rezeroing an in vivo pressure sensor
A filter for rezeroing an in-vivo pressure sensor is disclosed. The filter operates in a signal mode and a rezero mode. In the signal mode, the filter is a low pass filter which filters out noise....
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5454374 |
Pressure-measuring method and needle system for hemodialysis
A method and devices for measuring pressure within blood vessels used for hemodialysis and also for flow of blood into or from such blood vessels during hemodialysis. In one aspect of the method, a...
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5437284 |
System and method for in vivo calibration of a sensor
Calibration apparatus and method for calibrating a movable pressure sensor include the use of a stop device to establish a reference position outside the sensing movement range of a first sensor....
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5423323 |
System for calculating compliance and cardiac hemodynamic parameters
A catheter set (10) is used in connection with a blood flow monitor and calibration system (80) to determine the compliance C of a vessel according to the equation C=dV2/ (PE-PA), where dV2 is the...
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5398692 |
Combination esophageal catheter for the measurement of atrial pressure
Non-invasive apparatus and method for obtaining a quantitative determination of mean left atrial pressure or otherwise obtaining a quantitative determination of a left atrial pressure value. A...
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5370123 |
Blood clarification apparatus
A blood clarification device wherein a means for measuring blood pressure comprises (a) a needle-detector which is much thinner than the puncture needle and capable of being smoothly inserted into...
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5353800 |
Implantable pressure sensor lead
A pressure sensing lead, wherein a hollow needle extending from the distal end of the lead is coupled to a pressure transducer. The hollow needle may be coiled and adapted to be screwed into human...
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5354318 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring brain hemodynamics
A sensor lead for use in conjunction with an implantable monitoring or therapeutic device. The lead is provided with a V-shaped bend near its distal end, and carries a blood parameter sensor distal...
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5343868 |
Method and apparatus for detecting artifacts in a blood pressure measuring system
A method for detecting artifacts in a blood pressure measuring system, in particular artifacts caused by sampling or flushing in an invasive blood pressure measuring system, disables the related...
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5325865 |
Intracranial pressure monitoring system
A catheter assembly for measuring a fluid pressure in a body cavity includes an optical converter responsive to an electrical power source for energizing a light-emitting diode which has drift...
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5304495 |
Method for determining flush interference in measurement of chemical and physical parameters with indwelling probe
A system (10) for in vivo measuring chemical and physical parameters of a patient's blood includes a probe (12), a sensing system (14), and flush interference warning devices (20). The system...
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5287861 |
Coronary artery by-pass method and associated catheter
A coronary-bypass method uses a collapsible stent made of a biocompatible material and having an inherent spring bias tending to form the stent into a substantially tubular opened configuration....
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5284138 |
Apparatus and method for positioning a sensor away from the blood vessel wall
Apparatus and method for positioning a probe through a catheter wherein a sensing element on the probe is located outside the catheter but is spaced from the luminal surface of the blood vessel to...
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5280789 |
Apparatus and method for measuring fluid pressure in a medical patient
An apparatus for vertically aligning a given point on a pressure transducer unit with a desired point an a patient, the apparatus comprising: (a) a light source; (b) a housing adapted to contain...
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5275169 |
Apparatus and method for determining physiologic characteristics of body lumens
A system includes a catheter (10) having a low pressure balloon (42) at of one end thereof, a precise, low pressure, low volume fluid infusion means (41) and a pressure sensor (43). The balloon...
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5271408 |
Hydrodynamic system for blood flow measurement
A device for measuring blood flow in the vicinity of a catheter implanted within the vascular vessel or the heart uses hydrodynamic principles. The device has two transducers mounted at the...
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5237999 |
Damper for pressure measuring systems
The damper for pressure measuring systems is integrated in the body (5) or insert of a valve. Flow passages (6, 7) communicate with a compartment (9) which is sealed by a rubber-elastic diaphragm...
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5218965 |
Apparatus for carrying a sensor in a connector for a catheter adapter
A catheter carrying a sensor for placement in a catheter adapter has proximal and distal parts with a passage therebetween. The distal part detachably fits within a catheter adapter. The connector,...
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5181516 |
Internal pressure measuring device using catheter with multiple lumens
An internal pressure measuring catheter is constituted by at least three lumens which are: an internal pressure measuring lumen whose distal end is open and whose proximal end is connected to an...
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5181517 |
Method and apparatus for the measurement of atrial pressure
Non-invasive apparatus and method for obtaining a quantitative determination of mean left atrial pressure or otherwise obtaining a quantitative determination of a left atrial pressure value. A...
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5178153 |
Fluid flow sensing apparatus for in vivo and industrial applications employing novel differential optical fiber pressure sensors
An optical fiber fluid flow device is provided for in vivo determination of blood flow in arteries. The device includes a fiber optical fluid pressure measuring device having at least first and...
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5168633 |
Pressure transducer elevation gauge
A pressure transducer elevation gauge for determining the precise elevation of a physiologic pressure transducer in a heart catheter laboratory for determining hemodynamics, specifically relating...
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5158560 |
Laser operating device for intracavitary surgery
This invention relates to an intracavitary laser operating device using a laser. The device, has a catheter (2) accommodating laser light projecting fibers, a pulse laser oscillator device (1), an...
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5148811 |
Method and apparatus for sampling blood and for monitoring blood pressure
A source of saline solution under pressure is connected through tubing to a catheter inserted in a patient's blood vessel. A waste collection bag is connected to the tubing through a stopcock which...
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5147336 |
Adapter kit for a catheter introducer
An adapter kit 32 for a catheter introducer 31 wherein catheter 34 is passed into the body to transmit a medium through lumen 35 in catheter 34. Coupling means 95 is provided for compressing...
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5135002 |
Pressure transducer compensation system
A pressure transducer compensation system for compensating an offset and adjusting the sensitivity of the pressure transducer to a predetermined level. A reusable cable (160) connected to a...
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5120313 |
Method for measuring blood pressure in an animal or human using a percutaneous access port
A percutaneous access port for providing access to a selected organ in an animal which includes a base assembly and a septum assembly. The base assembly has a fluid chamber formed in a portion...
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5113868 |
Ultraminiature pressure sensor with addressable read-out circuit
A capactive pressure sensor suitable for making highly sensitive, low pressure measurements is disclosed. The sensor may be mounted into a 0.5 mm OD catheter suitable for multipoint pressure...
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5105820 |
Disposable pressure transducer apparatus
A disposable pressure transducer for measuring fluid pressure, which includes a sensor assembly in a housing. The housing includes a fluid chamber and a sensor-accommodating chamber which are...
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5092339 |
Method and apparatus for electrically compensated measurement of cardiac output
Cardiac output is measured using an injected substance (indicator) that changes the conducting property (electrical resistivity) of blood, provided the indicator has a different resistivity from...
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5067491 |
Barrier coating on blood contacting devices
A blood pressure monitoring device includes a pressure sensing element mounted or a probe tip or in a catheter tip adapted for insertion into a patient's blood stream. The element includes a...
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