Abstract:
Systems, methods, and products for determining indicated blood pressure values and/or characterizing a condition of a patient. The systems, methods, and products are capable of determining indicated blood pressure values in a lower extremity of a patient using an oscillometric technique. An oscillometric signal obtained from the lower extremity of the patient is analyzed, and the patient may be classified into one of a plurality of diagnostic classes. Each diagnostic class may have an associated ratio value. Based on the diagnostic class into which the patient is classified, a selected lower extremity characteristic ratio may be selected. A lower extremity indicated blood pressure value may be obtained by oscillometric processing using the selected ratio. This lower extremity indicated blood pressure value may be used with an upper extremity indicated blood pressure value to perform an extremity blood pressure ratio (EBPR) examination.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and products for determining indicated blood pressure values and/or characterizing a condition of a patient. The systems, methods, and products are capable of determining indicated blood pressure values in a lower extremity of a patient using an oscillometric technique. An oscillometric signal obtained from the lower extremity of the patient is analyzed, and the patient may be classified into one of a plurality of diagnostic classes. Each diagnostic class may have an associated ratio value. Based on the diagnostic class into which the patient is classified, a selected lower extremity characteristic ratio may be selected. A lower extremity indicated blood pressure value may be obtained by oscillometric processing using the selected ratio. This lower extremity indicated blood pressure value may be used with an upper extremity indicated blood pressure value to perform an extremity blood pressure ratio (EBPR) examination.
Abstract:
The present invention provides apparatuses and methods that facilitate the determination of a hydrostatic correction factor usable in an EBPR examination of a patient in a non-supine position. In one embodiment, a first blood pressure measuring device may be positionable on a first extremity of the patient, and a second blood pressure measuring device may be positionable on a second extremity of the patient, with one of the blood pressure measuring devices being located above the other one. The apparatus includes a locating mechanism that fixes a position of at least one of the first and second blood pressure measuring devices relative to its respective patient extremity. The apparatus also includes an instrumentality that provides information about a vertical distance between the first and second blood pressure measuring devices. The vertical distance is usable in determining the hydrostatic correction factor.