Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-invasive method of estimating intra-cranial pressure (ICP)
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Application No.: US17207237Application Date: 2021-03-19
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Publication No.: US11744477B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Michael F. O'Rourke
- Applicant: Michael F. O'Rourke
- Applicant Address: AU Hunters Hill
- Assignee: Michael F. O'Rourke
- Current Assignee: Michael F. O'Rourke
- Current Assignee Address: AU Hunters Hill
- Agency: Stoel Rives LLP
- Priority: AU 16902207 2016.06.07
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/03 ; A61B5/022 ; A61B5/026 ; A61B8/08

Abstract:
A non-invasive method of estimating intra-cranial pressure (ICP). The method including the steps of: a. non-invasively measuring pressure pulses in an upper body artery; b. determining central aortic pressure (CAP) pulses that correspond to these measured pressure pulses; c. identifying features of the ICP wave which denote cardiac ejection and wave reflection from the cranium, including Ejection Duration (ED) and Augmentation Index of Pressure (PAIx); d. non-invasively measuring flow pulses in a central artery which supplies blood to the brain within the cranium; e. identifying features of the measured cerebral flow waves which denote cardiac ejection and wave reflection from the cranium as Flow Augmentation Index (FAIx); f. calculating an ICP flow augmentation index from the measured central flow pulses; g. comparing the calculated ICP pressure augmentation index (PAIx) and flow augmentation index (FAIx) to measure (gender-specific) pressure and flow augmentation data indicative of a measured ICP to thereby estimate actual ICP; and h. noting any disparity between ED measured for pressure waves and ED measured for flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210204827A1 NON-INVASIVE METHOD OF ESTIMATING INTRA-CRANIAL PRESSURE (ICP) Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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