Method and system for continuously monitoring cardiac output
First Claim
1. A system for continuously monitoring cardiac output of a patient, said system comprising:
- measuring means for measuring air flowing through the throat of a patent;
generating means in operational connection with said measuring means for generating an electrical output signal proportional to the air flow measured by said measuring means; and
processing means in operational connection with said generating means for processing said electrical output signal to extract cardiogenic oscillations, to monitor cardiac output.
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for continuously monitoring cardiac output. In a preferred embodiment, the method and system of the present invention comprises a pneumotachograph, differential pressure transducer, and a signal amplifier/conditioner interconnected to a programmed digital computer. A patient, preferably, inserts the pneumotachograph in his mouth or, alternatively, the pneumotachograph is connected to a patient'"'"'s tracheal cannula. As the patient exhales and inhales the differential pressure transducer measures the drop in pressure as air flows through the pneumotachograph thereby producing a weak electrical signal non-linearly proportional to flow. Next, the weak signal is directed through the amplifier/signal conditioner which increases the amplitude and removes some of the noise contained in the transducer output. A digital computer is then utilized to convert the analog time varying electrical signal into a stream of digital data, store it on disk, display it in real time and processes the signal using an experimentally determined correlation factor and mathematical equations relating the fluctuations in air flow with stroke volume to obtain the cardiac output.
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1. A system for continuously monitoring cardiac output of a patient, said system comprising:
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measuring means for measuring air flowing through the throat of a patent;
generating means in operational connection with said measuring means for generating an electrical output signal proportional to the air flow measured by said measuring means; and
processing means in operational connection with said generating means for processing said electrical output signal to extract cardiogenic oscillations, to monitor cardiac output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for continuously monitoring cardiac output of a patient, said system comprising:
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measuring means for measuring air flowing through the throat of a patent;
generating means in operational connection with said measuring means for generating an electrical output signal proportional to the air flow measured by said measuring means;
amplification means in operational connection with said generating means for amplifying said electrical output signal; and
processing means in operational connection with said amplification means for processing said electrical output signal to extract cardiogenic oscillations, to monitor cardiac output. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for continuously monitoring the cardiac output of a patient comprising the steps of:
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measuring the air flow in the throat of a patient; and
extracting monitoring cardiac output by cardiogenic oscillations from the measured air flow. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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