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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Applicant:
Harry Frederick Bowman, Needham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Harry Frederick Bowman, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Thermal Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B005/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for determining blood flow in a living body by changing the thermal energy level by a predetermined amount at a site in a blood flow path and detecting temperatures at locations upstream and downstream of the site. The temperature difference at such locations is determined and the blood flow is calculated as a function of the change in energy level and of the temperature differences measured prior to and following the change in energy level.