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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 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 at least a flow velocity or a fluid volume flow () of a fluid flowing through an implanted vascular support system (), comprising the following steps: a) carrying out a pulsed Doppler measurement by means of an ultrasonic sensor () of the support system (), b) evaluating a measurement result from step a), which has a possible ambiguity, c) providing at least one operating parameter of a flow machine () of the support system (), d) determining at least the flow velocity or the fluid volume flow () using the measurement result evaluated in step b), wherein the possible ambiguity of the measurement result is corrected using the operating parameter.