Non-invasive method and device to monitor cardiac parameters
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring cardiac parameters, comprising the steps of:
- non-invasively measuring a plurality of predetermined non-invasive cardiac parameters from a subject;
converting the non-invasive cardiac parameters into a plurality of invasive cardiac analogues based upon a set of predetermined conversion equations; and
displaying a vector indicating a hemodynamic state.
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Abstract
A method of and a device for non-invasively measuring the hemodynamic state of a subject or a human patient involve steps and units of non-invasively measuring cardiac cycle period, electrical-mechanical interval, mean arterial pressure, and ejection interval and converting the measured electrical-mechanical interval, mean arterial pressure and ejection interval into the cardiac parameters such as Preload, Afterload and Contractility, which are the common cardiac parameters used by an anesthesiologist.
The converted hemodynamic state of a patient is displayed on a screen as a three-dimensional vector with each of its three coordinates respectively representing Preload, Afterload and Contractility. Therefore, a medical practitioner looks at the screen and quickly obtains the important and necessary information.
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72 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring cardiac parameters, comprising the steps of:
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non-invasively measuring a plurality of predetermined non-invasive cardiac parameters from a subject; converting the non-invasive cardiac parameters into a plurality of invasive cardiac analogues based upon a set of predetermined conversion equations; and displaying a vector indicating a hemodynamic state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for monitoring cardiac parameters comprising:
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a non-invasive cardiac parameter measuring unit for non-invasively measuring a plurality of predetermined non-invasive cardiac parameters from a subject; a conversion unit connected to said non-invasive cardiac parameter measuring unit for converting the non-invasive cardiac parameters into a plurality of invasive cardiac analogues based upon a set of predetermined conversion equations and; a display unit connected to said conversion unit for displaying a vector indicative of a hemodynamic state. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method of defining a hemodynamic state, comprising the steps of:
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defining a predetermined range of a vector space at least in three dimension for hemodynamic states; measuring a predetermined set of non-invasive cardiac parameters; and defining a vector in the vector space based upon the non-invasive cardiac parameters. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A method of monitoring a hemodynamic state, comprising the steps of:
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taking first sets of non-invasive cardiac measurements to define a safety zone indicative of a vector sub-space containing safety sub-space vectors which define a state of well-being of a particular patient; taking a second set of the non-invasive cardiac measurements from the particular patient to define a current hemodynamic state vector indicative of a current hemodynamic state; and comparing the current hemodynamic state vector to a corresponding one of the safety sub-space vectors to generate a comparison result; and determining an amount of deviation from the state of well-being in the particular patient based upon the comparison result.
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