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Automatic noninvasive blood pressure monitor

Assignee: UNIVERZITA JE PURKYNE V BRNE
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Filing: 1988-03-22
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Granted: 1989-09-26
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Expires: 2008-03-22
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Abstract

Abstract An automatic noninvasive blood pressure monitor with a continuous correction of the setpoint and of the gain without interruptions of the blood pressure measurement has a pressure vibration generator, the frequency of vibration being higher than that of the highest harmonic component of blood pressure wave, and a correction circuit, the input of which is connected either directly or through at least one amplifier of the basic servosystem to the sensor of the plethysmographic gauge and output of which is fed to the input of the circuit for correction of the setpoint of the basic servosystem.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jan Penaz

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 21:22
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/02; A61B5/021; A61B5/022

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim 124 words
An automatic noninvasive blood pressure monitor for measuring blood pressure in arteries compressible from the surface, comprising a pressure means chosen from the group consisting a cuff and a pelotte, said pressure means equipped with a plethysmographic gauge of vascular volume; first summing means, amplifier means, a phase corrector, a first switch, and a voltage-pressure transducer; said guage being connected serially through said first summing means, said amplifier means, said phase corrector and said first switch to said voltage-pressure transducer, said transducer being connected to said pressure means; and a correction circuit having an input and an output, the input of said correction circuit being connected to said amplifier means, the output of the said correction circuit being connected to said first summing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 124 words
An automatic noninvasive blood pressure monitor for measuring blood pressure in arteries compressible from the surface, comprising a pressure means chosen from the group consisting a cuff and a pelotte, said pressure means equipped with a plethysmographic gauge of vascular volume; first summing means, amplifier means, a phase corrector, a first switch, and a voltage-pressure transducer; said guage being connected serially through said first summing means, said amplifier means, said phase corrector and said first switch to said voltage-pressure transducer, said transducer being connected to said pressure means; and a correction circuit having an input and an output, the input of said correction circuit being connected to said amplifier means, the output of the said correction circuit being connected to said first summing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 41 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a generator of pressure vibrations having a frequency exceeding the frequency of the highest harmonic component of the blood pressure beat wave, said generator being connected through connection means to said transducer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 86 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a generator of pressure vibrations having a frequency exceeding the frequency of the highest harmonic component of the blood pressure beat wave, said generator being connected through second summing means to said transducer; said generator of pressure vibrations being an oscillator; the correction circuit comprising a narrow band amplifier tuned to the frequency of the oscillator and connected to a first detector the output of which is connected to an evaluating circuit connected with a first integrator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 55 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 3 wherein the amplifier means comprises a first amplifier, and a second amplifier with electronic gain control; said second amplifier being connected through a high pass filter to a second detector and a second integrator, the output of which is connected to the gain control of the second amplifier.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 33 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 3 wherein the plethysmographic gauge is a photoelectric reflection plethysmograph having a light sensor and a light source placed in an inner sheet of said pressure means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 37 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 3 wherein the plethysmographic gauge is a photoelectric reflection plethysmograph having a light sensor and a light source placed in an opposite rigid support in the neighbourhood of the measured artery.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 55 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 1 wherein the amplifier means comprises a first amplifier, and a second amplifier with electronic gain control; said second amplifier being connected through a high pass filter to a second detector and a second integrator, the output of which is connected to the gain control of the second amplifier.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 33 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 7 wherein the plethysmographic gauge is a photoelectric reflection plethysmograph having a light sensor and a light source placed in an inner sheet of said pressure means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 37 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 4 wherein the plethysmographic gauge is a photoelectric reflection plethysmograph having a light sensor and a light source placed in an opposite rigid support in the neighbourhood of the measured artery.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 33 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 1 wherein the plethysmographic gauge is a photoelectric reflection plethysmograph having a light sensor and a light source placed in an inner sheet of said pressure means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 37 words
The monitor as claimed in claim 1 wherein the plethysmographic gauge is a photoelectric reflection plethysmograph having a light sensor and a light source placed in an opposite rigid support in the neighbourhood of the measured artery.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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