Method of continuous measurement of blood pressure in humans
First Claim
1. A method of continuously measuring blood pressure in humans, and permanently measuring a pulse-wave running time of every pulse wave of a pateint'"'"'s body, comprising the steps of:
- determining one of three blood pressure values comprising systolic, diastolic or mean blood pressure by measuring the pulse-wave running time;
fixing an ear pulse measuring instrument to the patient'"'"'s ear lobe and using the ear pulse measuring instrument to measure the pulse-wave running time between the patient'"'"'s heart and the ear lobe;
converting the pulse-wave running time into blood pressure values by using a calibration curve specific of each patient, which indicates the pulse-wave running time as a function method for measuring the blood pressure in order to establish this calibration curve;
continuously determining an arterial blood volume density proportional to the blood pressure by means of an output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument;
determining the blood pressure using the output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument after the output signal has been calibrated by comparing it with the blood-pressure measuring process according to Riva-Rocci;
continuously recalibrating the output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument in order to take into account vasomotoric and other regulations within the body, with the continuous recalibration step performed by electronic means permanently correlating the blood pressure value determined by measuring the pulse-wave running time to the respective output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument, and thus permanently recalibrating the output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument as a whole into blood pressure values;
providing the patient'"'"'s other ear lobe with a second ear pulse measuring instrument having an output signal; and
comparing the output signals of the two pulse measuring instruments with each other electronically in order to eliminate disturbances of various kinds.
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Abstract
In a process for continuous measurement of blood pressure, the mean blood essure is derived from the measured pulse wave duration. The other blood pressure parameters are obtained by combination with an optoelectrical determination of blood volume density in a typical manner at the ear lobes. An initial individual basic calibration of the blood pressure values is carried out by a conventional method. In addition, a continuous automatic optoelectronic post-calibration is carried out. The measuring sensors are preferably a pair of ear clips and ECG electrodes or a photoelectric sensor. The method can be used to particular advantage in prevention and diagnosis.
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1. A method of continuously measuring blood pressure in humans, and permanently measuring a pulse-wave running time of every pulse wave of a pateint'"'"'s body, comprising the steps of:
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determining one of three blood pressure values comprising systolic, diastolic or mean blood pressure by measuring the pulse-wave running time; fixing an ear pulse measuring instrument to the patient'"'"'s ear lobe and using the ear pulse measuring instrument to measure the pulse-wave running time between the patient'"'"'s heart and the ear lobe; converting the pulse-wave running time into blood pressure values by using a calibration curve specific of each patient, which indicates the pulse-wave running time as a function method for measuring the blood pressure in order to establish this calibration curve; continuously determining an arterial blood volume density proportional to the blood pressure by means of an output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument; determining the blood pressure using the output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument after the output signal has been calibrated by comparing it with the blood-pressure measuring process according to Riva-Rocci; continuously recalibrating the output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument in order to take into account vasomotoric and other regulations within the body, with the continuous recalibration step performed by electronic means permanently correlating the blood pressure value determined by measuring the pulse-wave running time to the respective output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument, and thus permanently recalibrating the output signal of the ear pulse measuring instrument as a whole into blood pressure values; providing the patient'"'"'s other ear lobe with a second ear pulse measuring instrument having an output signal; and comparing the output signals of the two pulse measuring instruments with each other electronically in order to eliminate disturbances of various kinds. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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