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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt R. Denninghoff, Vestavia, AL (US);
Assignee:
The UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 0/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 0/500 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for non-invasive determination of intracranial pressure using an intracranial pressure monitor. The method preferably includes retinal scanning with a retinal scanner of the ocular fundus to determine dioxyhemoglobin saturation within the blood vessels of the retina. Through simultaneous monitoring of the cardiac cycle with a cardiac cycle monitor during retinal scanning and measurement of the intraocular pressure, intracranial pressure is determined independent of implanting or adhering the sensing device to the head or neck region of a test subject.