Balloon catheter pressure monitor for local and remote display
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1. A balloon catheter pressure monitoring module adapted for remote and local display of pressure in a balloon catheter comprising:
- circuit means for processing a transducer signal communicated from a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the balloon catheter, the circuit means including display means for displaying pressure corresponding to the communicated transducer signals; and
first and second connector means each for connecting to respective cables, each connector means having first contact means for communicating transducer signals, respective first contact means of each connector means being coupled to one another and to the circuit means such that a first cable coupled to a pressure transducer generating a transducer signal may be plugged into the first connector means to communicate the transducer signal to the circuit means for local display of pressure, and such that a second cable may be plugged into the second connector means to communicate the transducer signal to a remote pressure monitoring module for remote display of pressure corresponding to the transducer signal.
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Abstract
Balloon catheter pressure monitor modules are provided with parallel connectors for daisy-chaining interchangeable modules such that pressure may be locally and remotely displayed and further for providing local and remote control of the processing circuity of the modules.
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1. A balloon catheter pressure monitoring module adapted for remote and local display of pressure in a balloon catheter comprising:
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circuit means for processing a transducer signal communicated from a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the balloon catheter, the circuit means including display means for displaying pressure corresponding to the communicated transducer signals; and first and second connector means each for connecting to respective cables, each connector means having first contact means for communicating transducer signals, respective first contact means of each connector means being coupled to one another and to the circuit means such that a first cable coupled to a pressure transducer generating a transducer signal may be plugged into the first connector means to communicate the transducer signal to the circuit means for local display of pressure, and such that a second cable may be plugged into the second connector means to communicate the transducer signal to a remote pressure monitoring module for remote display of pressure corresponding to the transducer signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In combination, local and remote balloon catheter pressure monitoring modules each adapted for display of pressure in a balloon catheter, each pressure monitoring module comprising:
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circuit means for processing a transducer signal communicated from a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the balloon catheter, the circuit means including display means for displaying pressure corresponding to the communicated transducer signals; and first and second connector means for connecting to a first cable and a second cable, respectively, each connector means having first contact means for communicating transducer signals, respective first contact means of each connector means being coupled to one another and to the circuit means such that a first cable coupled to a pressure transducer generating a transducer signal may be plugged into the first connector means to communicate the transducer signal to the circuit means for local display of pressure, and such that a second cable may be plugged into the second connector means to communicate the transducer signal to the second connector means of the other pressure monitoring module for remote display of pressure corresponding to the transducer signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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