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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Applicant:
Meir Nitzan, Mizrah Binyamin, IL;
Inventor:
Meir Nitzan, Mizrah Binyamin, IL;
Assignee:
Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to cuff-based method for the measurement of systolic blood pressure (SBP) by measuring photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals in peripheral blood vessels distal to the cuff and to a method for cuffless measurement of SBP by analyzing PPG signals in peripheral blood vessels, after suitable calibration by the cuff-based PPG method for the measurement of SBP.