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US 2009/0177099 A1Published application
Peripheral impedance plethysmography electrode and system with detection of electrode spacing
AssigneeSmithmarks, Inc.
InventorsMichael SMITH, Lloyd Marks
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Abstract
In a system and method for peripheral impedance plethysmography, an electrode for application to the patient's limb includes two outer current electrodes and two inner voltage electrodes. A distance between the two inner electrodes is automatically input into an analyzing device, either as a pre-stored value or as determined automatically from the electrode. Peripheral blood flow is calculated in accordance with that distance.
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A method for peripheral impedance plethysmography, the method comprising:
- (a) attaching an electrode to an extremity of a patient, the electrode comprising two outer current electrodes and two inner voltage electrodes;
- (b) applying an alternating current to the two outer current electrodes;
- (c) measuring a voltage in each of the two inner voltage electrodes induced by the alternating current;
- (d) automatically receiving, in a processing device, the voltage measured in step
- (c) and a value of a distance between the two inner voltage electrodes;
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- (e) calculating, in the processing device, a volume change in the extremity in accordance with the voltage measured in step (c) and the value of the distance received in step (d).
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