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Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2003
Applicants:

Giora Amitzur, Mevasseret-Zion, IL;

Shmuel Einav, Herzlia, IL;

Eran Peleg, Mazkeret Batia, IL;

Elya Zimerman, Tel Aviv, IL;

Inventors:

Giora Amitzur, Mevasseret-Zion, IL;

Shmuel Einav, Herzlia, IL;

Eran Peleg, Mazkeret Batia, IL;

Elya Zimerman, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of determining endothelial dependent vasoactivity of a subject, the method is effected by recording pressure-related signals of a plurality of locations adjacent to at least one blood vessel; extracting at least one parameter from the pressure-related signals; and using the at least one parameter to determine a change of at least one characteristic of the at least one blood vessel, the change being representative of endothelial functioning; thereby determining the endothelial dependent vasoactivity of the subject.


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