Device for Blood Flow Property Measurement and Method of its Connection
AssigneeInstitute of Scientific Instruments AS Cr, V. V. I.
InventorsVlastimil Vondra, Pavel Jurak, Josef Halamek, Ivo Viscor
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AssigneeInstitute of Scientific Instruments AS Cr, V. V. I.
InventorsVlastimil Vondra, Pavel Jurak, Josef Halamek, Ivo Viscor
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The device for blood flow property measurement in the body and the method of its connection to the subject enables to measure electrical impedance in the main parts of body simultaneously. The impedance is spatially localized in the particular scanning channels (5) both by the placement of the current electrodes (9) of the alternating current source (2) and by setting their frequencies, and by proper spatial placement of the voltage electrodes (6). For the purpose of the whole body measurement at least three current generators (1) and twelve scanning channels (5) are used. The number of scanning channels (5) can be adjusted as necessary. By means of this device it is possible to monitor blood pulse waves or blood flow in the particular parts of human body.
A device for blood flow property measurement wherein it contains at least three current generators (1), at least twelve scanning channels (5), at least six current electrodes (9), at least three reference-frequency links (4), a control and processing block (10), with advantage an analogue output (13), and further a data link (14) connected to a PC or to a computer network and/or a display (15), a control board (11) and with advantage a printer (12), whereas each current generator (1) contains an alternating-current source (2) and a harmonic-signal generator (3) linked to the alternating-current source (2), and each scanning channel (5) contains an amplifier (8), a detector (7) and two voltage electrodes (6), two current electrodes (9) are attached to each alternating-current source (2), each harmonic-signal generator (3) is connected to at least four scanning channels (5) by means of a reference-frequency link (4) through a detector (7) which is connected to an amplifier (8), two voltage electrodes (6) are connected to each amplifier (8), each harmonic-signal generator (3) and each detector (7) is connected to the control and processing block (10) to which additional outputs are attached:
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