Apparatus for measuring hemodynamic parameters

• US 20040230120A1
• Filed: 04/19/2004
• Published: 11/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Richard Theodore Redano
• Original Assignee: Richard Theodore Redano
• Inventors: Redano, Richard T.
• Application Number:
  US10/827,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20040230120A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/446
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4393 Sexual arousal or erectile dysfunction evaluation, e.g. tumescence evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/04 Measuring blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/06 Measuring blood flow measuring volume flow in general G01F, e.g. G01F1/66, G01F1/72; measuring speed of fluids in general G01P5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4455 Features of the external shape of the probe, e.g. ergonomic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 7/00 Ultrasound therapy lithotripsy A61B17/22, A61B17/225; massage using supersonic vibration A61H23/00 ; using ultrasound for introducing media into the body A61M37/0092
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 601/16 Genital area

Abstract

The present invention is directed toward an ultrasonography apparatus for measuring and/or monitoring hemodynamic activity, such as blood flow. The present invention comprises a doppler ultrasound unit, one or more transducers, and a portable body.

Claims

1. An apparatus for measuring and displaying one or more hemodynamic parameters, comprising:

a. a portable body sized to be handheld;

b. a doppler ultrasound unit mounted in the body;

c. a display mounted in the body, said display being capable of displaying at least one measured hemodynamic parameter;

d. a transducer mounting assembly comprising at least one ultrasound transducer, wherein the mounting assembly is connected to the body such that the distance the mounting assembly and the body can be adjusted by a user using only one hand; and

e. a triggering mechanism connected to the doppler ultrasound unit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transducer mounting assembly comprises an array of ultrasound transducers.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the array is curved.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the triggering mechanism is capable of actuating the doppler ultrasound unit.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly is connected to the body by a wire.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the triggering mechanism is connected to the transducer by a wire.