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Determination of oscillometric blood pressure by linear approximation
Assignee: Ethicon Inc
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Filing: 1995-01-13
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Granted: 1996-11-26
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Expires: 2015-01-13
Abstract
Abstract An automated sphygmomanometer which models the oscillometric envelope as two lines through the points defined by pressure and amplitude which are determined during the oscillometric blood pressure determination. One of the lines is the best fit through the points on the low pressure (diastolic) side of the oscillometric envelope, while the other line is the best fit through the points on the high pressure (systolic) side of the oscillometric envelope. The dividing point for the low and high pressure sides is chosen as the point where the best fit line through the points on one side and the best fit line through the points on the other side have the greatest amplitude at the point of intersection. The result is a linear approximation of the oscillometric envelope by two lines forming a triangle with the baseline. A second pass is preferably performed to improve the linear approximation by eliminating points with oscillation amplitudes that are outside of the area of interest. The best fit lines are then recalculated from the remaining points, and the points where the best fit lines intersect (or some function thereof) is then used as MAP and for determining the systolic and diastolic pressures. The resulting method for calculating systolic, MAP, and diastolic pressures is less sensitive to erroneous oscillation amplitudes since all points in the area of interest along the oscillometric envelope are weighted equally.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Medero
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 13:58
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/02; A61B5/021; A61B5/022; A61B5/02225
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
An automated sphygmomanometer apparatus, comprising: an inflatable and deflatable pressure cuff; inflating means operatively coupled to said cuff for selectively applying a medium under pressure to said cuff for inflating and pressurizing said cuff; cuff pressure sensing means coupled to said cuff for sensing cuff pressure including any arterial blood pressure oscillations therein; deflating means operatively coupled to said cuff for selectively relieving pressure from said cuff; control means for controlling said inflating means to inflate said cuff and said deflating means to deflate said cuff to respective cuff pressure levels for the detection of said arterial blood pressure oscillations at each of said respective cuff pressure levels during a blood pressure determination, and for determining an oscillometric envelope comprising pulse amplitude points corresponding to said arterial blood pressure oscillations at said respective cuff pressure levels during said blood pressure determination; and processing means for linearly approximating said oscillometric envelope with a pair of best fit lines and for determining a mean arterial pressure of said patient based on a pressure at a point of intersection of said pair of best fit lines.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
An automated sphygmomanometer apparatus, comprising: an inflatable and deflatable pressure cuff; inflating means operatively coupled to said cuff for selectively applying a medium under pressure to said cuff for inflating and pressurizing said cuff; cuff pressure sensing means coupled to said cuff for sensing cuff pressure including any arterial blood pressure oscillations therein; deflating means operatively coupled to said cuff for selectively relieving pressure from said cuff; control means for controlling said inflating means to inflate said cuff and said deflating means to deflate said cuff to respective cuff pressure levels for the detection of said arterial blood pressure oscillations at each of said respective cuff pressure levels during a blood pressure determination, and for determining an oscillometric envelope comprising pulse amplitude points corresponding to said arterial blood pressure oscillations at said respective cuff pressure levels during said blood pressure determination; and processing means for linearly approximating said oscillometric envelope with a pair of best fit lines and for determining a mean arterial pressure of said patient based on a pressure at a point of intersection of said pair of best fit lines.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
61 words
An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said processing means calculates said pair of best fit lines as a first line which is a best fit line through pulse amplitude points on a diastolic side of said oscillometric envelope and a second line which is a best fit line through pulse amplitude points on a systolic side of said oscillometric envelope.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus as in claim 2, wherein said processing means excludes from said pulse amplitude points those pulse amplitude points having pulse amplitudes outside of a predetermined range prior to calculating said first and second lines.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
65 words
An apparatus as in claim 2, wherein said processing means calculates diastolic pressure as a pressure corresponding to a point on said first line having a pulse amplitude which is approximately 5/8 of said mean arterial pressure and calculates systolic pressure as a pressure corresponding to a point on said second line having a pulse amplitude which is approximately 1/2 of said mean arterial pressure.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
117 words
An apparatus as in claim 2, wherein said processing means calculates, for x=2 through x=n-2, a first best fit line through x pulse amplitude points starting with pulse amplitude points at a first end of said oscillometric envelope and a second best fit line through n-x pulse amplitude points starting with pulse amplitude points at a second end of said oscillometric envelope, where n corresponds to the number of said respective cuff pressure levels, calculates and stores pressure and pulse amplitude values for intersection points of said first and second best fit lines, and selects as said first and second lines those best fit lines having an intersection point with each other at a maximum pulse amplitude.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
170 words
A method of measuring blood pressure of a patient using an automatic oscillometric blood pressure monitor comprising a cuff, means for inflating and deflating said cuff to respective cuff pressure levels during a blood pressure measurement, means for measuring arterial blood pressure oscillation complexes at said respective cuff pressure levels through measurement of time varying pressures within said cuff, and means for searching for arterial blood pressure oscillation complexes at said respective cuff pressure levels, said method comprising the steps of: selectively inflating and deflating said cuff and outputting a cuff pressure signal at a plurality of cuff pressure levels so as to form an oscillometric envelope comprising pulse amplitude points corresponding to said arterial blood pressure oscillations at said plurality of cuff pressure levels; determining a linear approximation to said oscillometric envelope as a pair of best fit lines through said pulse amplitude points; and determining a mean arterial pressure of said patient based on a pressure at a point of intersection of said pair of best fit lines.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
170 words
A method of measuring blood pressure of a patient using an automatic oscillometric blood pressure monitor comprising a cuff, means for inflating and deflating said cuff to respective cuff pressure levels during a blood pressure measurement, means for measuring arterial blood pressure oscillation complexes at said respective cuff pressure levels through measurement of time varying pressures within said cuff, and means for searching for arterial blood pressure oscillation complexes at said respective cuff pressure levels, said method comprising the steps of: selectively inflating and deflating said cuff and outputting a cuff pressure signal at a plurality of cuff pressure levels so as to form an oscillometric envelope comprising pulse amplitude points corresponding to said arterial blood pressure oscillations at said plurality of cuff pressure levels; determining a linear approximation to said oscillometric envelope as a pair of best fit lines through said pulse amplitude points; and determining a mean arterial pressure of said patient based on a pressure at a point of intersection of said pair of best fit lines.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
89 words
A method as in claim 6, wherein said linear approximation determining step comprises the step of calculating said pair of best fit lines as a first line which is a best fit line through pulse amplitude points on a diastolic side of said oscillometric envelope and a second line which is a best fit line through pulse amplitude points on a systolic side of said oscillometric envelope, and said mean arterial pressure determining step comprises the step of determining a point of intersection of said first and second lines.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method as in claim 7, comprising the further step of excluding from said pulse amplitude points those pulse amplitude points having pulse amplitudes outside of a predetermined range, prior to said linear approximation determining step.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
66 words
A method as in claim 7, comprising the further steps of calculating diastolic pressure as a pressure corresponding to a point on said first line having a pulse amplitude which is approximately 5/8 of said mean arterial pressure and calculating systolic pressure as a pressure corresponding to a point on said second line having a pulse amplitude which is approximately 1/2 of said mean arterial pressure.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
122 words
A method as in claim 7, wherein said linear approximation determining step comprises the steps of calculating, for x=2 through x=n-2, a first best fit line through x pulse amplitude points starting with pulse amplitude points at a first end of said oscillometric envelope and a second best fit line through n-x pulse amplitude points starting with pulse amplitude points at a second end of said oscillometric envelope, where n corresponds to said predetermined number of cuff pressure levels, calculating and storing pressure and pulse amplitude values for intersection points of said first and second best fit lines, and selecting as said first and second lines those best fit lines having an intersection point with each other at a maximum pulse amplitude.
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