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SENSING FOLEY CATHETER

  • US 20130066166A1
  • Filed: 03/07/2012
  • Published: 03/14/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for monitoring physiologic data of a patient comprising:

  • providing a physiologic data monitoring system comprising a Foley type catheter and a data processing apparatus, the Foley type catheter comprising a pressure sensor, the pressure sensor comprising a pressure interface disposed at a distal end of the catheter, a pressure transducer at a proximal end of the catheter, and a fluid column disposed between the pressure interface and the pressure transducer, andwherein the pressure transducer is able to transduce pressure impinging on it from the fluid column into physiological data comprising a chronological pressure profile; and

    inserting the Foley type catheter in the urinary tract such that the pressure interface is residing within the patient'"'"'s bladder;

    transferring pressure sensed in the bladder into a transducible chronological pressure profile;

    processing the chronological pressure profile into one or more physiologic pressure profiles selected from the group consisting of peritoneal pressure, respiratory rate, and cardiac rate.

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