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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2006
Applicants:

Tyson B. Whitaker, Arden, NC (US);

Craig M. Meyerson, Syracuse, NY (US);

Edward Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);

Mark E. Pingel, Camillus, NY (US);

Inventors:

Tyson B. Whitaker, Arden, NC (US);

Craig M. Meyerson, Syracuse, NY (US);

Edward Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);

Mark E. Pingel, Camillus, NY (US);

Assignee:

Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);

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

In blood pressure measurement of a vertebrate through use of an inflatable pressure cuff disposed about a limb of the vertebrate limb and inflated by pump driven by a motor, the air pressure within the cuff is determined at any given time during the inflation of the cuff by calculating the incremental change in pressure in the pressure cuff over a series of small time increments and summing the calculated incremental pressure changes from the initiation of cuff inflation to a desired point in time during the inflation of the pressure cuff. The incremental change in pressure within the cuff is calculated as a function of the incremental change in current drawn by the pump motor over the time increment.


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