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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2005
Ralph T. Hoctor, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Lawrence T. Hersh, Tampa, FL (US);
Bruce A. Friedman, Tampa, FL (US);
Ralph T. Hoctor, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Lawrence T. Hersh, Tampa, FL (US);
Bruce A. Friedman, Tampa, FL (US);
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and technique for the continuous, non-invasive measurement of blood pressure. The blood pressure measurement technique of the present invention utilizes ultrasound measurements to determine the diameter of the blood vessel in which the blood pressure is being measured as well as the flow rate of blood at both an input point and an output point along the blood vessel. The system utilizes a transmission line model to relate various blood vessel measurements with electrical components. The transmission line model, in combination with data management techniques including state variable representations and Kalman filtering, is used to develop a blood pressure measurement in real time.