57 results about "LA pressure" patented technology

Cardiac stroke volume (SV) of a subject is estimated as a function of a value derived from a measured arterial pressure waveform. The value may be the standard deviation, or a function of the difference between maximum and minimum pressure values, or a function of either the maximum value of the first time derivative or the absolute value of the minimum of the first time derivative of the pressure waveform, or both, or a function of the magnitude of one or more spectral components of the pressure waveform at a frequency corresponding to the heart rate. Cardiac output is then estimated as the product of the subject's heart rate and SV, scaled by a calibration constant. Arterial pressure may be measured invasively or non-invasively.

Provided is a non-invasive electronic method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure, in which the data is processed with an algorithm of non-linear fitting for recovering trend envelope of an oscillating PW by a firmware, so that the trend envelope of PW amplitude can be recovered accurately, and the obtained average pressure shows higher degree of agreement with the real situation in clinic. In this apparatus, a 3-way solenoid valve (20) is arranged between a cuff (10) and a first pressure sensor (30), wherein the common port of the 3-way solenoid valve (20) is connected with the first pressure sensor (30), the normally open port thereof connected with the cuff (10), and the normally closed port thereof connected with the air atmosphere during zeroing process. Moreover, an independent timing circuit (45) is provided additionally. In the measurement method of the present invention, the zeroing is performed with the help of the 3-way solenoid valve (20). Once a state of overtime or overpressure occurs, an air bump (50) is immediately closed, and a quick-deflation solenoid valve (60) is opened so that the pressure in the cuff (10) is released to ensure safe application.

A blood pressure measurement bladder (50) has a predetermined amount of air introduced and sealed therein. A CPU (30) measures in advance the P-V property. The blood pressure measurement bladder (50) is wrapped around a measurement site. By exerting pressure from the outer side to the blood pressure measurement bladder (50), the internal pressure in the blood pressure measurement bladder (50) is increased to exert pressure on the blood vessel. During this process, the cuff pressure in the blood pressure measurement bladder (50) generated by volumetric change of the blood vessel by changing the pressure exerted from the outer side to the blood pressure measurement bladder (50), and the pressure pulse wave data are detected. By adding the cuff compliance property obtained by the P-V property that was measured in advance to the detected data as a correction value of the pressure pulse wave, blood pressure is calculated.

The invention provides a non-invasive blood pressure measuring device and a measuring method thereof. In the device, a main machine is provided with a microprocessor connected with an air pressure sensor; a pressurizing band is an inflatable sac-shaped band with air tubes, is connected with the air pressure sensor, is tied on a limb where the flowing of arterial blood of a measured person can be completely blocked after inflation, and is provided with a pulse wave detector which is fixed at a downstream position of the pressurizing band in the arterial blood flowing direction; and the microprocessor processes a plurality of pulse wave amplitudes detected by the pulse wave detector in the gradual increasing process from zero and corresponding pressurizing band pressure thereof in real time so as to determine the systolic pressure, and processes a plurality of pulse delay time in the process from variation to relative invariant of the delay time between the pulse wave and the corresponding pressure AC signal in real time so as to determine the diastolic pressure. The device converts discontinuous events to continuous measurement, avoids unavoidable possible errors caused by the discontinuity of cardiac impulse, and can accurately and non-invasively measure the systolic pressure and the diastolic pressure in blood pressure.

An ankle-blood-pressure measuring apparatus for measuring a blood pressure of an ankle of a living subject, including an inflatable cuff which is adapted to be worn on the ankle of the subject; a cuff-pressure changing device which decreases a pressure in the cuff from a pressure higher than a systolic blood pressure of the ankle; a distal-pulse-wave detecting device which is adapted to be worn on a distal portion of the subject that is located on a distal side of the ankle and detects a distal pulse wave produced from the distal portion; an increasing-point detecting device for detecting at least one increasing point where a magnitude of the distal pulse wave continuously detected by the distal-pulse-wave detecting device when the pressure of the cuff is decreased by the cuff-pressure changing device, significantly increases; and an ankle-blood-pressure determining device which determines a pressure of the cuff when the increasing-point detecting device detects the second increasing point, as a systolic blood pressure of one of a plurality of tibial arteries of the ankle of the subject that has stenosis.

An electronic manometer detects pressure within a cuff at which an amplitude of change in a volume of an artery of a measurement subject becomes a maximum by detecting volume of an artery of a measurement subject while superimposing a vibration of high frequency during a period of raising the pressure to apply on the cuff or during a period of lowering after raising to greater than or equal to a systolic blood pressure of the measurement subject. The electronic manometer controls the pressure to apply on the cuff so that the volume of the artery of the measurement subject becomes constant, and measures the blood pressure of the measurement subject from an increased or decreased value of the pressure to apply.

A method for measuring systolic blood pressure includes raising the cuff pressure in such a manner that two conditions are satisfied: (1) The cuff air pressure takes sufficient time to reach the SBP value to avoid blood pressure in the arteries under the PPG sensor being too low, thereby avoiding collapse of the arterioles under the PPG sensor; and (2) The increase of the cuff air pressure between the DBP value and the SBP value is not overly slow in a manner which would cause a relatively high mean blood pressure in the arteries distal to the cuff, and could lead to reduced sensitivity in detecting the restart of blood flow when the cuff air pressure decreases to just below SBP value.

An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a pressure control unit configured to conduct pressurization control on a cuff (pressure control toward a specific direction) and acquire a cuff pressure signal at a time of the pressurization control to thereby measure a pressure pulse wave; a displacement decision unit configured to decide whether displacement has occurred between a position of the cuff and a virtual position of the heart based on an output from an angle sensor when the pressurization control is being conducted; and a return processing unit configured to, when it is decided that displacement has occurred, stop the pressurization control and conduct depressurization control on the cuff to thereby return an intra-cuff pressure to a specific pressure value that denotes a pressure value before the occurrence of the displacement. The pressure control unit resumes the pressurization control after processing by the return processing unit.

Gauge comprises an oscillating measurement section (20) suitable for making highly accurate blood pressure measurements using suitable biogenic information. Quick measurements can be made using a single pulse determination section (30).

A system and method of determining hemodynamic parameters uses sensed ventricular blood pressure during a portion of ventricular pressure waveform following peak pressure. An estimated arterial diastolic pressure is based upon an amplitude of the sensed ventricular pressure corresponding to a time at which a first derivative of ventricular pressure as a function of time is at a minimum (dP / dtmin). Fill parameters such as isovolumetric relaxation constant, ventricular suction pressure, atrial kick pressure, and transvalve pressure gradient are derived from measured pressures representing minimum ventricular pressure, ventricular diastolic pressure, and diastasis pressure.

The invention relates to a sphygmomanometer, which comprises a cuff (1) with a gasbag, a inflation and deflation device (2), a pressure sensor (3), a digital display unit (4), a stethoscope head (5), a microphone (6), an audio processing circuit (7), a speaker (8) and a power supply, wherein, the inflation and deflation device (2) is communicated with the gasbag of the cuff, the pressure sensor (3) is used for detecting the pressure of the gasbag, the digital display unit (4) is connected with the pressure sensor (3) and used for displaying pressure value, the stethoscope head (5) is used for getting pulse sound, the microphone (6) is arranged in an sound induction tube of the stethoscope head (5) and used for receiving the pulse sounds get by the stethoscope head (5), the audio processing circuit (7) is connected with the microphone (6) and receives and linearly processes outputted audio signal from the microphone (6), the speaker (8) which is connected with the audio processing circuit (7) and is used for broadcasting the processed audio signal by the audio processing circuit (7), the power supply supplies power to the sphygmomanometer. The sphygmomanometer has the advantages of accurate and reliable measuring result, convenient hear korotkoff sounds and environmental protection without needing to use mercury.

A blood pressure measurement device includes a measurement air bladder for being wrapped around a body part to be measured, a compression member that compresses the measurement air bladder from the outside of the measurement air bladder against the body part to be measured; an inflation member for inflating the measurement air bladder, a deflation member for deflating the measurement air bladder, a blood pressure determination unit that determines a blood pressure during the inflation by the inflation member or during the deflation by the deflation member, and a control unit that causes the compression member to apply a pressure that is higher than or equal to an atmospheric pressure to the measurement air bladder when an internal pressure of the measurement air bladder reaches or falls below a certain pressure due to the deflation by the deflation member.

The invention relates to an electric blood pressure meter, which comprises automatic aerator, pressure device, measurer, controller, first and second displays. wherein, the aerator can aerates the pressure device; the sensor senses the pressure signal of air bubble to obtain pressure value, to display said value on the analogue mercury ruler of first display; said ruler is divided into several segments, to display the section at said pressure value at least, and indicate the analogue mercury post to relative ruler scale, to be detected by doctor to obtain blood pressure value; and the invention can use oscillography to automatically calculate out the measure result to display it on second display as numbers; therefore, the electric blood pressure meter can avoid display whole mercury ruler, but display segmented, to reduce the cost and avoid hand-operated aerating, to simplify the operation, and uses the automatic discharge valve to uniformly discharge air to improve the accuracy.

The invention relates to a sensor array and a method for adjusting pulse pressure value, and provides a sensor array used for Chinese medicine science pulse-taking instruments. The array comprises a base, a pressure sensor group and a temperature sensor group, wherein the pressure sensor group comprises pressure sensors arranged on the base used for measuring the pulse pressure value of a first part; the temperature sensor group comprises temperature sensors arranged on the base used for measuring the temperature value of a second part; and the temperature value is used for adjusting the pulse pressure value. Through the adoption of the scheme, the temperature change resistance property and the disturbance resistance property of the pulse-taking instrument can be enhanced; the pressure sensor can be positioned accurately; and more information used for diagnosing can be provided.

A blood pressure meter having a cuff (1), pressurization means (2) for pressurizing the cuff (1), depressurization means (4) for depressurizing the cuff (1), pressure detection means (5) for detecting the pressure of the cuff (1), pulse wave component detection means (11) for detecting a pulse wave component superposed on a cuff pressure signal detected by the pressure detection means (5), pulse wave amplitude calculation means (12) for calculating the value of a pulse wave amplitude from the pulse wave component detected by the pulse wave component detection means (11), and insufficient-pressurization determination means (20) for determining, when the value of a pulse wave amplitude captured at the initial stage of a depressurization process is not more than a threshold, that the cuff pressure is sufficient and determining, when the value is greater than the threshold, that the cuff pressure is insufficient. When the estimated determinacy of a pressurization stop pressure, which is calculated by means (18) for calculating the determinacy of pressurization stop pressure based on pulse wave information detected by means (15) for detecting pulse wave information at the time of pressurization, is very high, the insufficient-pressurization determination means (20) does not determine that the pressurization is insufficient. Also, the threshold is changed according to the estimated determinacy of pressurization stop pressure.

Provided is a non-invasive electronic method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure, in which the data is processed with an algorithm of non-linear fitting for recovering trend envelope of an oscillating PW by a firmware, so that the trend envelope of PW amplitude can be recovered accurately, and the obtained average pressure shows higher degree of agreement with the real situation in clinic. In this apparatus, a 3-way solenoid valve (20) is arranged between a cuff (10) and a first pressure sensor (30), wherein the common port of the 3-way solenoid valve (20) is connected with the first pressure sensor (30), the normally open port thereof connected with the cuff (10), and the normally closed port thereof connected with the air atmosphere during zeroing process. Moreover, an independent timing circuit (45) is provided additionally. In the measurement method of the present invention, the zeroing is performed with the help of the 3-way solenoid valve (20). Once a state of overtime or overpressure occurs, an gas pump (50) is immediately closed, and a quick-deflation solenoid valve (60) is opened so that the pressure in the cuff (10) is released to ensure safe application.

Techniques are provided for use with an implantable medical device for delivering left atrial (LA) pacing to address Diastolic Heart Failure, also referred to as Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. In one example, pulse delivery times are selected for delivery of LA pacing pulses sufficient so that activation of the LA occurs when LA pressure (LAP) is lower than would occur in the absence of LA pacing. The pulse delivery times and also set so that subsequent activation of the right ventricle (RV) occurs when LAP is lower than would occur in the absence of LA pacing. LA pacing then is delivered by the implanted device at the selected pulse delivery times to mitigate Diastolic Heart Failure or to address other conditions.

A method for measuring blood pressure of a patient continuously and non-invasively comprises measuring a first pressure signal being proportional to arterial blood pressure of the patient at a first location by a first pressure sensor (P1). In addition ambient pressure is measured by a third ambient pressure sensor (P3). Furthermore the method comprises subtracting the signal derived from the third ambient pressure sensor from the signal derived from the first pressure sensor to compensate for alterations induced by alterations in measurement point altitude and atmospheric pressure changes thereby providing a signal representing relative systemic arterial blood pressure of the patient

When a pressure in a cuff (1) is decreased by a pressure-decreasing means (4), the pressure in the cuff (1) is detected by a pressure detection means (2). A control initial value adjusting means (14) adjusts the control initial value for starting pressure decreasing for the next measurement of blood pressure according to the detected pressure in the cuff (1). When the pressure decreasing of the cuff (1) is started during the next measurement of blood pressure, the opening degree of the exhaust valve of the pressure-decreasing means (4) is controlled according to the control initial value adjusted during the pressure decreasing for the present measurement of blood pressure.

A femoral compression device (1) for compressive bearing against the femoral artery of a patient, comprising a base plate (2), an inflatable air cushion (4), and an electronic manometer (8) connected to the inflatable air cushion for measurement of the current pressure difference between the pressure prevailing inside the inflatable air cushion and the ambient air pressure. The femoral compression device can further comprise a mechanical device (11; 46) which prevents an air opening leading to the inflatable air cushion from being closed before the manometer is zeroed. In another embodiment, an electronic manometer is provided such that a current characteristic of an electric signal representing the current pressure difference can be compared with a corresponding characteristic which was obtained at zero pressure difference and which was stored in the electronic manometer, wherein the manometer cannot be zeroed as long as the current characteristic deviates more than a predetermined amount from the stored characteristic.

A method for measuring blood pressure, pulse and vascular compliance without invading a vascular cavity is provided. The blood flow of a vessel is blocked by using an artery clamp, a voltage-variable resistor-containing probe of a pressure transducer is implanted between the muscle layer and the inner membrane of the vessel at the distal end to the heart, followed by biogum sealing; or the voltage-variable resistor probe is closely attached to the outer membrane of the vessel, and then the probe and the vessel are fixed together inside a rigid cylindrical cover. When the artery clamp is released, the pressure inside the vascular cavity rises and is transferred to the voltage-variable resistor probe, resulting in the change in resistance, the resistance change is converted into a current change that is processed by a computer to produce a continuously-recorded blood pressure change, and simultaneously the computer calculates pulses according to the peak distance of the blood pressure and records the change in pulse. The cylindrical cover is provided thereon with a tension transducer that converts a change of vessel displacement into a change of resistance and then a change of vessel displacement again, representative of the change in vascular volume, and calculates continuously-varying vascular compliance. The invention doesn't block the blood flow at the distal end of the vessel to avoid the influence on blood supply to the dominant organs of the vessel to be detected.

A blood pressure meter having determination means (12) for determining whether or not the pressure of a cuff at the time point when a predetermined time is elapsed after the start of pressurizing of the cuff exceeds a standard value determined based on a power source voltage. If not exceeding, blood pressure measurement is discontinued, assuming that the cuff is not yet installed or is loosely wrapped. The determination means (12) has standard value calculation means (21), standard value storage means (22), and comparison means (23). The standard value calculation means (21) obtains a standard value by referring to a standard value setting table and based on a power source voltage value measure by power source voltage value measurement means. The standard value storage means (22) stores the standard value obtained by the standard value calculation means (21). The comparison means (23) compares between the standard value stored in the standard value storage means (22) and the pressure of the cuff detected by pressure detection means.

An internal tourniquet for establishing hemostasis within a portion of a limb to facilitate surgery controls flow of a fluid into a capsule surrounding substantially all of a human joint. Blood concentration in the capsule is sensed; and pressure in the capsule is controlled to maintain a fluid pressure in the capsule within a predetermined pressure tolerance window. The concentration of blood in the capsule is maintained below a predetermined maximum concentration while the fluid pressure is within the pressure tolerance window.