System and method for regulating blood pressure
AssigneeScout Medical Technologies, LLC
InventorsClifton A. Alferness, John M. Adams
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Abstract
A blood pressure control system regulates blood pressure of a patient. The system includes a pressure sensor that senses blood pressure of a patient, a processor that determines if the blood pressure sensed by the pressure sensor is above a target pressure, and a blood flow regulator that reduces venous return blood flow in response to the processor determining that the sensed blood pressure is above the target pattern. The system may alternatively be employed for acutely reducing blood pressure in response to detected congestive heart failure episodes.
Claims59
A blood pressure control system comprising:
- a pressure sensor that senses blood pressure of a patient;
- and
- a blood flow regulator that varies venous return blood flow in response to the sensed blood pressure.
A blood pressure control system comprising:
- blood pressure sensing means for sensing blood pressure of a patient;
- and
- blood flow regulating means for varying venous return blood flow responsive to the sensed blood pressure.
A method of controlling blood pressure of a patient comprising:
- sensing blood pressure of the patient;
- and
- varying venous return blood flow responsive to the sensed blood pressure.
A blood pressure monitor comprising a pressure sensor adapted to be mounted on a septal membrane of a heart.
A method of monitoring blood pressure including the steps of:
- attaching a pressure sensor to a septal membrane of a heart to generate a signal representing sensed blood pressure;
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- reading the signal representing the sensed blood pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.