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Measuring Blood Flow In Body Portion Other Than Heart

Measuring Blood Flow In Body Portion Other Than Heart patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

12/21/06 - 20060287603 - System for automated measurement of skin perfusion pressure
An automatic skin perfusion measuring system including instrumentation that automatically analyzes perfusion measurements to identify motion artifact and SPP values and a sensor placement device is provided. The instrumentation is configured to ignore motion artifact. Perfusion measurements are designated as SPP values if various criteria are met. SPP value criteria ...

12/14/06 - 20060281995 - Blood rheology measuring apparatus
A blood rheology measuring apparatus has a measuring portion for measuring a flow velocity of the blood flowing in a blood vessel of a person in a mode of a Doppler shift signal by transmitting and receiving a wave to and from a surface of the person's skin. An information ...

10/19/06 - 20060235313 - Method and apparatus for detecting possible arterial constriction by examining an eye
A tonometer capable of measuring systolic or ocular pulse pressure (OPP) can be used to examine eyes of a patient to measure whether OPP or ocular blood flow (OBF) is sub-normal to one or both eyes. This can serve as an indication of a possible constriction of blood flow in ...

09/21/06 - 20060211947 - System and method for determining cardiac output
A system and method is disclosed for measuring cardiac output. A closed fluid circuit is created between a patient's arterial cannula and venous cannula. A pump regulates flow through the closed fluid circuit. The closed fluid circuit includes at least one port for injection of an indicator. At least one ...

09/14/06 - 20060206032 - Method and apparatus for assessing hemodynamic parameters within the circulatory system of a living subject
An improved method and apparatus for non-invasively assessing one or more hemodynamic parameters associated with the circulatory system of a living organism. In one aspect, the invention comprises a method of measuring a hemodynamic parameter by measuring a non-calibrated value of the parameter non-invasively, and inducing a stress of the ...

09/07/06 - 20060200033 - System, method and apparatus for measuring blood flow and blood volume
A system for measuring blood flow in an organ of a subject, particularly useful for non-invasive cardiac output monitoring (N.I.C.O.M.™), the system comprises: a radiofrequency generator for generating output radiofrequency signals; a plurality of electrodes, designed to be connectable to the skin of the subject, the electrodes being for transmitting ...

07/27/06 - 20060167362 - Method for the presentation of information concerning variations of the perfusion
The invention relates to a method for the presentation of information concerning variations of the arterial filling with blood (perfusion) of organs of living beings on the user surface (10) of a display screen, in which method the data required for the presentation (perfusion index) is derived, using an algorithm, ...

07/20/06 - 20060161063 - System and method for real-time microcirculation diagnosis
Disclosed is a system and method for real-time microcirculation diagnosis. The system comprises a capillary photographic device, an image capturing device, and a data processing unit. By way of the system, informations about movement behavior of a single red blood cell and the situation of a single capillary are obtained. ...

07/06/06 - 20060149154 - Method and apparatus for measuring tissue perfusion
Apparatus for measuring microcirculatory flow of a target tissue without the necessity for direct contact of a probe is disclosed. The apparatus includes a probe (10) arranged to generate a pulsed source of infrared light (16) and a matched infrared sensor (18) which transduces variations in the reflected light to ...

04/06/06 - 20060074328 - Doppler directed suturing and compression device and method
A compression and ligation device includes a pair of jaws including one or more Doppler chips oriented to send and receive Doppler signals across the jaws, to assist a practitioner in determining whether or not a uterine artery is between the jaws. A suture leader with an attached suture can ...

03/23/06 - 20060064025 - Method and device for determining the blood flow in a blood-conducting tube
This invention relates to the field of measurement methods for determining the blood flow rate QF in blood carrying lines (40). It may be used in particular to determine the blood flow in a patient's vessel, which is connected to the extracorporeal circulation (2) of a blood treatment machine by ...

03/16/06 - 20060058690 - Method and instrument for automated measurement of skin perfusion pressure
An automatic skin perfusion measuring device automatically analyzes perfusion measurements to identify motion artifact and SPP values. Motion artifact is ignored. Perfusion measurements are designated as SPP values if various criteria are met. SPP value criteria pertain to factors including cuff pressure, perfusion, perfusion change percentages relative to previous and ...

03/02/06 - 20060047209 - Prosthetic heart function evaluation method and apparatus
A method of monitoring or serial measurement of the operation of a prosthetic assist device (12), the method comprising the steps of: (a) utilising a non-invasive device (21) to monitor or serially measure directly the blood flow through the by-passed heart ventricle (5); (b) separately monitoring or serially measuring the ...

02/02/06 - 20060025694 - Method and apparatus for evaluating fluidity of blood
To easily evaluate a fluidity of blood with high sensitivity. By winding a pressure bag body 10 around the surface of a skin of a finger tip 100 or the like of an examinee, and applying an oppression thereto, the blood in a capillary blood vessel under the skin is ...

01/12/06 - 20060009700 - Apparatus and method for assessing peripheral circulation to evaluate a physiological condition
Peripheral blood flow signals of a feature can be acquired and analyzed to determine blood flow characteristics for evaluating a physiological condition. Paradigmatic characteristics of blood flow of the feature can be used to associate a physiological condition with a subject. Upon determination that a blood flow characteristic is associated ...

12/15/05 - 20050277839 - Wireless flow measurement in arterial stent
A blood flow sensing system is disclosed, including a sensor coupled to an antenna, such that the sensor measures a flow of blood within a blood vessel when stimulated with a short range radio frequency energy field detectable by the antenna. Such a system additionally can include a transmitter and ...

11/24/05 - 20050261595 - Method and device for the examination of cavities
The invention relates to a method and furthermore a device from the examination of cavities, in particular an eye, by means of laser scanning. The aim of the invention is to carry out further investigations, above all with respect to possible diseases. Said aim is achieved, whereby the determination of ...

11/10/05 - 20050251053 - Adjustable table plethysmograph
A plethysmograph is constructed with a base including parallel, horizontal guide rails; an open-ended, moveable enclosure section having a horizontal central axis slidable on the guide rails between open and closed positions; a fixed enclosure section mounted on the base transverse to the horizontal pathway, the fixed enclosure section including ...

10/13/05 - 20050228303 - Method and apparatus for examining vascular endothelial functions
Vascular endothelial function in terms of flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of peripheral arteries can be assessed reliably by measuring beat-to-beat pulse-wave conduction time (PCT) simultaneously for two symmetric segments of arteries locating on the right and left sides of body. When reactive hyperemia is induced in the peripheral tissues on one ...

08/04/05 - 20050171446 - Method and apparatus for determining a blood flow during a vascular access dysfunction corrective procedure
A method and apparatus for determining an angioplasty induced blood flow changes, wherein the apparatus includes the catheter having a port for introducing a blood property change in a downstream sensor. The downstream sensor and the catheter are configured to space the sensor from an adjacent vessel wall so as ...

07/21/05 - 20050159663 - Method and device for measuring peripheral vascular function
A patient's peripheral pulse volume and blood pressure are measured. The quantities are used to obtain a quantitative measure of peripheral vascular function. The quantitative measure can be one or more of pulsatile limb blood flow, total limb blood flow, limb vascular compliance and limb vascular resistance. ...

07/14/05 - 20050154322 - Psychological state assessment device, psychological state assessment method
In order to offer a new and useful device in being able to objectively assess the psychological state when a subject performs an assignment, a psychological state assessment device is configured to irradiate a specified measurement site in the brain of a subject with near infrared light of a specified ...



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