Method and apparatus for determining the instantaneous arterial blood pressure
First Claim
1. A method of determining the instantaneous arterial blood pressure of a subject which is a living being, comprising the steps of:
- applying a servo-controlled fluid-pressurisable device to the subject in the region of an artery,deriving a control signal for the servo of said pressurisable device from the subject'"'"'s blood pressure,calibrating the servo-controlled fluid pressurisable device with respect to the subject,and monitoring the fluid pressure in said device when calibrated and driven by said control signal as a measure of the instantaneous blood pressure of the subject, wherein calibration of said device comprises the steps of;
(i) disabling the servo of the device, applying a standing pressure to the fluid in the device, monitoring the instantaneous fluid pressure in said device, and adjusting said standing pressure to a first level at which the monitored fluid pressure provides a first measure of arterial blood pressure at the site of said device;
(ii) inhibiting arterial blood flow at the site of said pressurisable device, enabling the servo of the device, monitoring the instantaneous fluid pressure in said device, and adjusting the servo gain to a first level at which said first measure of arterial blood pressure is recreated in the fluid of said device, and(iii) re-establishing arterial blood flow at the site of said pressurisable device, applying the standing fluid pressure in said device at said first level and applying the servo gain at said first level.
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Abstract
A method of determining the instantaneous arterial blood pressure of a subject which is a living being without utilizing entry of a needle or the like along an artery is capable of a high degree of accuracy and comprises the steps of applying a pressurizable device in the region of an artery and controllably pressurizing that device with fluid to an extent sufficient to eliminate arterial wall movement without collapse of the artery, the fluid pressure in the pressurizable device being monitored and providing a measure of the instantaneous arterial blood pressure of the subject. A preferred form of pressurizable device is an annular ring or cuff comprising a rigid body of annular shape over the inner surface of which is stretched a latex membrane which is pressurizable with distilled water.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of determining the instantaneous arterial blood pressure of a subject which is a living being, comprising the steps of:
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applying a servo-controlled fluid-pressurisable device to the subject in the region of an artery, deriving a control signal for the servo of said pressurisable device from the subject'"'"'s blood pressure, calibrating the servo-controlled fluid pressurisable device with respect to the subject, and monitoring the fluid pressure in said device when calibrated and driven by said control signal as a measure of the instantaneous blood pressure of the subject, wherein calibration of said device comprises the steps of; (i) disabling the servo of the device, applying a standing pressure to the fluid in the device, monitoring the instantaneous fluid pressure in said device, and adjusting said standing pressure to a first level at which the monitored fluid pressure provides a first measure of arterial blood pressure at the site of said device; (ii) inhibiting arterial blood flow at the site of said pressurisable device, enabling the servo of the device, monitoring the instantaneous fluid pressure in said device, and adjusting the servo gain to a first level at which said first measure of arterial blood pressure is recreated in the fluid of said device, and (iii) re-establishing arterial blood flow at the site of said pressurisable device, applying the standing fluid pressure in said device at said first level and applying the servo gain at said first level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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