Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-modal ultrasound probe for calibration-free cuff-less evaluation of blood pressure
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Application No.: US16765837Application Date: 2019-06-07
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Publication No.: US11432792B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Nabeel Pilaparambil Mashood , Jayaraj Joseph , Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam , Vangapandu Raj Kiran
- Applicant: Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre
- Applicant Address: IN Chennai
- Assignee: Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre
- Current Assignee: Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre
- Current Assignee Address: IN Chennai
- Priority: IN201841021390 20180607
- International Application: PCT/IN2019/050439 WO 20190607
- International Announcement: WO2019/234765 WO 20191212
- Main IPC: A61B8/04
- IPC: A61B8/04 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/02 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B5/021 ; A61B5/0295

Abstract:
A system for calibration-free cuff-less evaluation of blood pressure is proposed. The system includes an ultrasound-based arterial compliance probes and a controller unit connected to the said probe. The ultrasound transducers measure the change in arterial dimensions, pulse wave velocity, and other character traits of an arterial segment over continuous cardiac cycle, which is then used to evaluate blood pressure parameters without any calibration procedure using dedicated mathematical models. The pressure sensor/force sensor/biopotential transducers/accelerometric sensors measure a pressure acting on a skin surface at a measurement site, an internal arterial transmural pressure level, an applied pressure or a hold-down pressure on the skin surface or an arterial site, biopotential and/or plethysmograph signal, arterial vibrations acting on the measurement site as a function of the arterial pressure and the mechanical characteristics and/or a function of the applied/hold-down pressure and/or function of external factors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210077057A1 MULTI-MODAL ULTRASOUND PROBE FOR CALIBRATION-FREE CUFF-LESS EVALUATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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