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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Kardion Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Renningen, DE;
Tobias Schmid, Stuttgart, DE;
KARDION GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining a flow rate of a fluid flowing through an implanted vascular assist system (), said method comprising the following steps: a) carrying out a first pulsed Doppler measurement at a first pulse repetition rate by means of an ultrasonic sensor () of the assist system (); b) carrying out a second pulsed Doppler measurement at a second pulse repetition rate by means of the ultrasonic sensor () of the assist system (), wherein the second pulse repetition rate differs from the first pulse repetition rate; c) determining the flow rate using measurement results of the first pulsed Doppler measurement and the second pulsed Doppler measurement.