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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177723 | Filter for blood pressure monitor An automatic blood pressure monitor having a housing containing a first water and air tight chamber and a second air supply chamber, the chambers being separated by a common wall. Pneumatic equipment is mounted in the first chamber having a flow circuit for inflatin... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8114026 | Methods and devices for remote ischemic preconditioning and near-continuous blood pressure monitoring Single- or dual-bladder devices for remote ischemic preconditioning and blood pressure monitoring are disclosed along with various oscillometry-based and other methods for detecting systolic and diastolic blood pressure while the ischemic preconditioning treatment i... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109880 | Noninvasive method to measure intracranial and effective cerebral outflow pressure A method to measure effective cerebral outflow pressure or intracranial pressure is disclosed. The craniospinal venous system has multiple anastomoses between the jugular veins and vertebral venous plexus. Jugular veins collapse with cervical compression or head ele... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8083683 | Dual lumen interchangeable monitor system A flow system for use in a monitor for measuring blood pressure that automatically configures the flow path of the system when either a single lumen cuff or a dual lumen cuff is coupled to the monitor. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8047997 | Non-invasive blood pressure monitor apparatus and system A non-invasive blood pressure monitoring system is disclosed herein. The non-invasive blood pressure monitoring system includes a pressure cuff comprising a resistive portion and a conductive portion aligned with the resistive portion. The non-invasive blood pressur... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8016765 | Integrated manual mechanical and electronic sphygmomanometer within a single enclosure The present invention provides a new multi-mode sphygmomanometer which integrates into one enclosure a full manual sphygmomanometer comprising a mechanical cuff pressure measuring and display system, a manual inflation bulb and deflation valve such elements comprisi... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7988636 | Non-invasive electronic apparatus for measuring blood pressure A 3-way solenoid valve (20) is arranged between a cuff (10) and a first pressure sensor (30), wherein the common port of the 3-way solenoid valve (20) is connected with the first pressure sensor (30), the normally open port thereof... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981043 | Non-invasive electronic method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure Provided is a non-invasive electronic method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure, in which the data is processed with an algorithm of non-linear fitting for recovering trend envelope of an oscillating PW by a firmware, so that the trend envelope of PW amplitu... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976471 | Method and apparatus for control of non-invasive parameter measurements Improved methods and apparatus for non-invasively assessing one or more parameters associated with fluidic systems such as the circulatory system of a living organism, when such parameters are potentially affected by other concurrent events. In one exemplary embodim... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7963923 | Blood pressure meter A blood-pressure meter having storing means for storing a blood pressure measurement result, and time measurement means for measuring a time is disclosed. The blood-pressure meter includes: input means for entering behavior history; means for storing the blood press... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7927283 | Blood pressure algorithm A apparatus and method for non-invasively measuring blood pressure. Cuff pressure and oscillometric signals are generated. The signals are conditioned by a plurality of linear filters to remove artifacts and local trends. Rank-order filters are applied to the condit... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7887491 | Impedance based device for non-invasive measurement of blood pressure and ankle-brachial index A device for non-invasive measurement of blood pressure includes a blood pressure cuff, a plethysmographic electrode for acquiring an impedance plethysmogram distal to the cuff and a processing device to inflate and deflate the cuff generate the impedance plethysmog... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7862514 | Blood pressure measurement The diastolic blood pressure and a systolic blood pressure of a vertebrate are measured using an inflatable pressure cuff disposed about a limb of the vertebrate and connected to an inflation device through a single conduit. A pressure sensor is pneumatically connec... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7846105 | Non-invasive blood pressure measurement safety protection method and apparatus The present invention discloses a non-invasive blood pressure measurement apparatus and a safety protection method. In addition to a main pressure measurement circuit and a main microprocessor circuit, the measurement apparatus also includes an independently dispose... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7780605 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus enabling accurate blood pressure measurement A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a plurality of mechanisms compressing a cuff, and the mechanisms are separately controlled. Therefore, a stable measurement attitude is maintained irrespective of a circumference or a shape of an upper arm. Compression d... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775987 | Computation of blood pressure using different signal processing channels A blood pressure measurement system that utilizes a non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitor having a blood pressure cuff and pressure transducer. The measurement system provides a plurality of separate processing techniques that each receive a plurality of oscill... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7699787 | Modular blood pressure measurement apparatus A blood pressure measurement apparatus for use in association with a blood pressure measuring cuff includes a housing having an upper shell and a lower shell defining an interior chamber and a replaceable module disposed within the interior chamber. The replaceable ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7628759 | Blood pressure measurement device The invention relates to a blood pressure manometer comprising a housing, a cuff connected to the housing, a cuff storage element in which a section of the cuff can be retracted to adjust the width of the cuff, and a cuff tightener which pulls the cuff section into ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7611468 | Blood pressure measurement cuff wrapping control device and method In wrapping a blood pressure measurement cuff enclosing therein a bladder, which is inflated when supplied with air, around a region for measurement, first, a predetermined amount of air is supplied to the bladder and then enclosed therein. Then, the blood pressure ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7601123 | Non-invasive blood pressure monitoring device and methods The apparatus and methods of the present invention provide a non-invasive measurement of blood pressure with a frequency that approximates a continuous measurement. Blood pressure measurement provides information that is both clinically and diagnostically significan... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7594892 | Non-invasive blood pressure measurement apparatus and safety protection method The present invention discloses a non-invasive blood pressure measurement apparatus and a safety protection method. In addition to a main pressure measurement circuit and a main microprocessor circuit, the measurement apparatus also includes an independently dispose... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7530954 | Method and apparatus for identifying the valid systolic blood pressure of a person with hardened arteries A rising cuff pressure detects the diastolic blood pressure and continues to rise to generate a pulse amplitude profile. The systolic blood pressure is determined by a computation using data from the profile to discriminate against the contribution of a hardened art... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7524290 | System and method of non-invasive blood pressure measurements and vascular parameter detection in small subjects A system and method for taking non-invasive blood pressure and other vascular parameter measurements includes placing a vascular compression device about an appendage of a subject. An arterial/venous occlusion cuff is placed about a base of the appendage. The vascul... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7520859 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus A blood pressure measuring apparatus to measure blood pressure based on a change in a pressure by a cuff mounted to a subject comprises: cuff pressure controlling means for deflating the cuff after avascularization by the cuff at a body part around which the cuff is... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7510530 | Pulse wave measuring apparatus A pressing cuff presses a pressure sensor above an artery. The level of the pressure applied to the pressure sensor is changed while the pulse wave is measured based on information about the pressure from the pressure sensor. In order to adjust the level of the appl... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7497831 | Blood pressure measuring system and method A blood pressure measuring system and method are provided. The blood pressure measuring system includes a first sensing unit sensing a patient's blood pressure, a second sensing unit sensing a patient's blood flow, a pressure control unit controlling a pressure appl... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7468038 | Non-invasive electronic method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure Provided is a non-invasive electronic method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure, in which the data is processed with an algorithm of non-linear fitting for recovering trend envelope of an oscillating PW by a firmware, so that the trend envelope of PW amplitu... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468037 | Apparatus and method for measuring hemodynamic parameters An apparatus for measuring hydrodynamic parameters, especially for Augmentation Index (Aix) and/or Ejection Duration (ED), by non-invasive, cuff based occlusive, blood pressure measurement, which apparatus comprises occlusive, oscillometric automatic blood pressure ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7462152 | Method and system utilizing SpOplethysmograph signal to reduce NIBP determination time A method and system for operating a non-invasive blood pressure monitor that utilizes an SpO2 plethysmographic signal to reduce the time required to obtain an estimation of a patient's blood pressure. During operation of the NIBP monitor, the NIBP monitor... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7455643 | Continuous non-invasive blood pressure measurement apparatus and methods providing automatic recalibration A blood pressure measurement system is configured to perform a calibration automatically when a calibration condition is satisfied. The calibration condition is based upon one or more parameters of pulse waves of a subject. The parameters may include pulse wave area... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7445600 | Multi-function, self-service health kiosk In one aspect, the present invention provides a multi-function, self-service health kiosk. In another aspect, the present invention provides a wheelchair accessible health kiosk. In another aspect, the present invention provides a blood pressure measurement apparatu... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7429245 | Motion management in a fast blood pressure measurement device The invention is in one embodiment an apparatus and a method for measuring the blood pressure of a vertebrate subject. The apparatus uses an inflatable chamber with a sensor to detect signals indicative of a blood pressure of the subject during an inflation interval... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427267 | Blood pressure determining method In blood pressure measurement of a vertebrate through use of an inflatable pressure cuff disposed about a limb of the vertebrate limb and inflated by pump driven by a motor, the air pressure within the cuff is determined at any given time during the inflation of the... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419471 | Arm insertion type sphygmomanometer An arm insertion type sphygmomanometer having enhanced operability and visibility at the time of measurement. A remote control unit can be detached from the sphygmomanometer body portion and operated wirelessly. The arm insertion type sphygmomanometer comprises a sp... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7393327 | Blood pressure monitoring apparatus In blood pressure monitoring apparatus which continuously estimates and monitors blood pressure by using the pulse wave propagation time, blood pressure fluctuation can be accurately estimated. If both blood pressure estimated from the pulse wave propagation time an... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390300 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus A pulse wave is detected in a predetermined location of a living body, and the progressive wave component and reflected wave component are extracted from the pulse wave. The pulse wave propagation time is calculated from the progressive wave component and reflected ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390301 | Device and method for the continuous non-invasive measurement of blood pressure A method for the continuous non-invasive measurement of blood pressure includes at least one first pressure cuff and one second pressure cuff of comparable or identical size, each cuff including an inflatable pressure measuring chamber applicable to a first and a se... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390302 | Method and system of determining NIBP target inflation pressure using an SpOplethysmograph signal A method and system for operating a non-invasive blood pressure monitor that utilizes an SpO2 plethysmograph signal to determine the initial inflation pressure for the blood pressure cuff of the NIBP monitor. A pulse sensor is placed on the patient's limb... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381187 | Blood pressure monitoring system and method of having an extended optical range A system and method for monitoring blood pressure of a wearer has an inflatable arm cuff that is selectably inflatable to differing air pressures that incorporates a fabric having both a light transmission property and a light reflection property when the fabric is ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374543 | Wrist sphygmomanometer and cuff spring for the same To improve measurement accuracy of blood pressure. A wrist sphygmomanometer comprises a cuff spring formed in a curved shape to fit the semicircle on the side of the pulsation part of the wrist, having a mount portion formed outside; a cuff band including the cuff s... | 05/20/2008 |
