摘要:
A method of determining ageing effect and cardiovascular risk in a human patient comprising:- (i) measuring the arterial pulse waveform of the patient when the heart is beating regularly, (ii) extracting the frequency dependent components of the pulse waveform, (iii) determining the ratio of the amplitude based value of the first harmonic (H1) to the amplitude based value of a selected higher harmonic to provide an index of arterial ageing, and (iv) Comparing the index to normative values of index of arterial ageing to determine ageing effect and cardiovascular risk. Other methods of calculating the index based on harmonic amplitudes and the phase angle are also disclosed and claimed.
摘要:
A method of determining ageing effect and cardiovascular risk in a human patient comprising: - (i) measuring the arterial pulse waveform of the patient when the heart is beating regularly, (ii) extracting the frequency dependent components of the pulse waveform, (iii) determining the ratio of the amplitude based value of the first harmonic (H1) to the amplitude based value of a selected higher harmonic to provide an index of arterial ageing, and (iv) Comparing the index to normative values of index of arterial ageing to determine ageing effect and cardiovascular risk. Other methods of calculating the index based on harmonic amplitudes and the phase angle are also disclosed and claimed.
摘要:
A method of treating a stiffened blood vessel (2) is disclosed. The method comprises at least substantially encasing a portion of the blood vessel (2) with an elastic membrane (6) formed of biocompatible material such the membrane (6) engages the blood vessel (2) to thereby reduce the diameter of the blood vessel (2).
摘要:
A method for calculating aortic flow velocity from the directly or indirectly measured arterial, aortic, or carotid pressure and/or diameter waveform in which the reflected component of the pressure wave is excluded and the peak systolic flow velocity V is calculated from the amplitude P1 of the central pressure waveform using the formula (I) where C is the aortic pulse wave velocity.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for validating a user configuration of a computer system are provided. The method generally includes receiving, through a user interface of a configuration system, a user configuration selection, wherein the user configuration selection modifies the configuration of the computer system. Based on the user configuration selection, one or more contexts in a collection of contexts may be modified. The collection of contexts may be applied to part information for a part of the computer system to determine applicable part information for the modified configuration.
摘要:
A device (100) for treating a stiffened blood vessel comprises a self-supporting, surgically implantable, elongate casing (101) adapted to extend about and restrain a stiffened portion (2) of the blood vessel. The casing (101) defines an elongate cavity (103) for receipt of the stiffened portion (2) of the blood vessel. The cavity (103) has a transverse cross-section with an aspect ratio of greater than one in an unloaded state. The casing (103) is configured such that, upon application of increasing pressure to the casing (101) from within said cavity (103), the casing (103) elastically deforms such that the aspect ratio decreases towards one and the area of the cross-section increases.
摘要:
A wearable hair styling device in a case, attachable to a user. A hose connect on the case to affix a hose. A battery power supply connected to an electric motor and blower and heater are used to direct air through a hose.
摘要:
Methods for determining central systolic pressure are disclosed. A first method determines the time of peak in a measured carotid waveform and then determines the pressure in a measured radial waveform at the corresponding time. A second method utilises only a measured radial waveform. The waveform is analysed to determine a time indicative of lower body waveform and determines the pressure at this time. In each case, the determined pressure is substantially the same as the central systolic pressure.
摘要:
The present invention relates to the use of the arterial pressure waveform recorded invasively or non-invasively, to distinguish between compensatory vasoconstriction with low cardiac output on the one hand from vasodilation from more severe organ damage on the other, as a cause of hypotension in acute emergencies. The waveforms may be subjected to harmonic analysis and the moduli of their harmonic components compared whereby a hypotensive individual can be confirmed to have the higher the first harmonic is considered as having vasoconstriction as a cause of hypotension.
摘要:
A method of treating a stiffened blood vessel (2) is disclosed. The method comprises at least substantially encasing a portion of the blood vessel (2) with an elastic membrane (6) formed of biocompatible material such the membrane (6) engages the blood vessel (2) to thereby reduce the diameter of the blood vessel (2).