- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for determining an indication of blood flow
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Application No.: US17266643Application Date: 2019-08-07
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Publication No.: US12076129B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Tristan Whitmarsh , Piers Milner , Ahmed Elzein Mohamed
- Applicant: Oxford University Innovation Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Oxford
- Assignee: Tristan Whitmarsh,Ahmed Elzein Mohamed
- Current Assignee: Tristan Whitmarsh,Ahmed Elzein Mohamed
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge; GB Pontprennau
- Agency: Thomas |Horstemeyer, LLP
- Priority: GB 13125 2018.08.10 GB 17843 2018.11.01
- International Application: PCT/GB2019/052214 2019.08.07
- International Announcement: WO2020/030908A 2020.02.13
- Date entered country: 2021-02-08
- Main IPC: A61B5/0295
- IPC: A61B5/0295 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining an indication of blood flow in a limb. According to an embodiment, the apparatus comprises an orientation sensor, a blood volume (BV) measuring device and a control unit. The orientation sensor is configured to determine an orientation of the limb and output an orientation signal indicative thereof. The blood volume measurement device is configured to measure an indication of blood volume (BV) in the limb and output a BV signal indicative thereof. The control unit is arranged to receive the orientation signal and the BV signal, determine a change in orientation of the limb in dependence on the orientation signal, and correlate the change in orientation with a change in blood volume of the limb determined in dependence on the BV signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210353163A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INDICATION OF BLOOD FLOW Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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