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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
May. 24, 2004
Robert P. Schnall, Kiryat Bialik, IL;
Robert P. Schnall, Kiryat Bialik, IL;
Itamar Medical Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Abstract
A probe for application to a body part particularly a finger of a patent to detect a change in the physical condition of the patient includes a housing defining a compartment closed at one end and open at the opposite end for receiving the distal end of the patient's finger and a medium wholly self-contained within the probe for applying a static pressure field substantially uniformly around the distal end of the patient's finger, of a predetermined magnitude sufficient to substantially prevent distention of the venous vasculature, uncontrolled venous backflow, and retrograde shockwave propagation into the distal end, and to partially unload the wall tension of, but not to occlude, the arteries in the distal end when at heart level or below. A sensor senses changes in the distal end of the patient's finger related to changes in arterial blood volume therein.