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Method and apparatus for control of non-invasive parameter measurements

  • US 7,291,112 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2003
  • Issued: 11/06/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of continuously and non-invasively measuring blood pressure in a living subject, comprising:

  • tonometrically measuring pressure from a blood vessel at a first location on said subject using at least one sensor, said act of measuring further comprising controllably applanating said blood vessel using said at least one sensor;

    at least partly occluding a blood vessel at a second location on said subject, said second location being ipsilateral to said first location, said act of occluding having at least some effect on said act of measuring;

    detecting, based at least in part on said effect, that said act of at least partly occluding is occurring; and

    adjusting said act of measuring in order to mitigate said effect.

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