Sensor for measuring blood pressure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5551437
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08256974

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A sensor with a first, second and third force pick-up includes a piece of foil made of piezoelectric material which serves all three pick-ups and carries a number of electrodes. The second and third pick-up are located one on either side of the first pick-up and are characterized by a smaller pick-up surface than the first one. For measuring blood pressure the sensor is pressed against a part of a patient's body such that the first force pick-up, i.e., the one in the middle, is at the shortest possible distance from a large artery. During measurement the absolute values of the changes in the measurement values of the three force pick-ups, which are due to the pulsating blood stream, are added. On the other hand the changes in the measurement values caused by interfering forces will cancel each other out.

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AVL MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AG8207 SCHAFFHAUSEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lotscher, Bernhard Andelfingen, CH 3 83

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