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Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2002
Applicants:

Waleed S. Haddad, Dublin, CA (US);

James E. Trebes, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Waleed S. Haddad, Dublin, CA (US);

James E. Trebes, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector includes a low power pulsed microwave transmitter with a broad-band antenna for producing a directional beam of microwaves, an index of refraction matching cap placed over the patients head, and an array of broad-band microwave receivers with collection antennae. The system of microwave transmitter and receivers are scanned around, and can also be positioned up and down the axis of the patients head. The microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector is a completely non-invasive device designed to detect and localize blood pooling and clots or to measure blood flow within the head or body. The device is based on low power pulsed microwave technology combined with specialized antennas and tomographic methods. The system can be used for rapid, non-invasive detection of blood pooling such as occurs with hemorrhagic stoke in human or animal patients as well as for the detection of hemorrhage within a patient's body.


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