Medex, Inc.

Mark D Pfouts

Warren B Nicholson

Thomas P Frank

Russell I DeLong

An electronically monitored angioplasty system is provided with a verifier circuit to verify the operation of conversion circuitry for converting an electrical pressure signal from a pressure transducer to a displayed numerical value on a digital read-out. The verifier circuit is selectively activated to offset the displayed numerical value by a predetermined amount and upon deactivation the displayed numerical value returns to the pressure sensed by the pressure transducer in the balloon. In one embodiment, a reference signal to the conversion circuitry is selectively offset by a signal corresponding to the predetermined amount and in another embodiment the electrical pressure signal itself is selectively offset by a reference signal corresponding to the predetermined amount. In another aspect of the system, an audible balloon deflation indicator circuit sounds a pleasant signal that the pressure within the balloon has fallen below a threshold pressure so the doctor need not divert attention from the patient.

Electronically monitored angioplasty system

A reusable pressure transducer for use with a detachable dome. The pressure transducer includes a body having a recess with an opening covered by a flexible diaphragm. The body has a hole opposite the flexible diaphragm and a sensor placed over the hole. A dielectric gel fills the recess to transmit to the sensor variations in pressure imparted to the diaphragm.

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Powell, OH, United States of America

Mark D Pfouts