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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Edward Karst, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Brian Jeffrey Wenzel, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Timothy A. Fayram, Gilroy, CA (US);
Allen Keel, San Diego, CA (US);
Wenbo Hou, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Taraneh Ghaffari Farazi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jong Gill, Valencia, CA (US);
PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
In specific embodiments, a method for estimating central arterial blood pressure (CBP), comprises determining a time tfrom a predetermined feature of a signal indicative of electrical activity to a predetermined feature of one of a first and second signals, the time tbeing a first pulse arrival time (PAT) indicative of how long it takes a pulse wave to travel from the aorta to one of a first and second sites, determining a time t, the time tbeing a second pulse arrival time (PAT) indicative of how long it takes a pulse wave to travel from the aorta to the other of the first and second sites, and (f) estimating the patient's central arterial blood pressure (CBP) based on the first pulse arrival time (PAT) and the second pulse arrival time (PAT).