Brain assessment monitor
First Claim
1. A non-invasive brain assessment monitor comprising:
- a brain sensor for sensing acoustic signals generated from pulsing blood flow through a patient'"'"'s brain; and
means for analyzing the acoustic signals in order to determine whether the patient has undergone a brain injury and/or disease.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A non-invasive brain assessment monitor is disclosed. An embodiment of the monitor includes a head-mounted brain sensor which passively senses acoustic signals generated from pulsing blood flow through a patient'"'"'s brain. A reference sensor may be mounted at another location on the patient'"'"'s body to sense an arterial pulse, and the signals from the brain sensor and reference sensor may be compared. Another embodiment includes transmitters which generate acoustic signals in the brain which are also detected by the brain sensor. The brain assessment monitor may be used to detect conditions such as head trauma, stroke and hemorrhage.
20 Citations
36 Claims
-
1. A non-invasive brain assessment monitor comprising:
-
a brain sensor for sensing acoustic signals generated from pulsing blood flow through a patient'"'"'s brain; and
means for analyzing the acoustic signals in order to determine whether the patient has undergone a brain injury and/or disease. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
-
-
18. A non-invasive brain assessment monitor comprising:
-
a brain sensor configured and adapted for mounting on a patient'"'"'s head;
a reference sensor configured and adapted for mounting at another location on the patient'"'"'s body; and
means for comparing signals from the brain sensor and the reference sensor to determine whether the patient has undergone a brain injury and/or disease.
-
-
35. A method of monitoring brain injury and/or disease of a patient, the method comprising:
-
mounting a brain sensor on the head of the patient;
sensing acoustic signals with the brain sensor generated from pulsing blood flow through the patient'"'"'s brain; and
analyzing the acoustic signals to determine whether the patient has undergone a brain injury and/or disease.
-
-
36. A method of monitoring brain injury and/or disease of a patient, the method comprising:
-
mounting a brain sensor on the patient'"'"'s head;
mounting a reference sensor at another location on the patient'"'"'s body; and
comparing signals from the brain sensor and the reference sensor to determine whether the patient has undergone a brain injury and/or disease.
-
Specification