Monitoring of capillary blood flow
AssigneeAmerican Home Products Corporation (Del.)
InventorEdward H. Hon
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Abstract
The monitoring of capillary blood flow in a woman's cervical wall and vaginal wall is provided so that the capillary blood flow patterns therein may be compared in order to evaluate various physiological conditions of the woman. In addition, methods are provided for comparing one or both of such capillary blood flow patterns with patterns of capillary blood flow obtained from the woman's forehead at the anastomoses of the supratrochlear branches of the ophthalmic artery, for evaluating a physiological condition of a woman. Systems and devices for carrying out these evaluations, as well as for observing such capillary blood flow patterns separately, are provided.
Claims27
A device for disposal in fluids for use in monitoring cervical and vaginal capillary bloods flowing within vaginal and cervical walls of a woman comprising:
- sensing means for sensing said capillary bloods;
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- support means for positioning said sensing means against the vaginal and cervical walls of a woman in response to the support means being placed in the presence of said fluids.
A method of evaluating a physiological condition of a woman comprising the steps of:
- producing a first signal representing one of the cervical and vaginal capillary blood flows in the woman;
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- producing a second signal representative of capillary blood flow in a woman's forehead at the anastomosis of the supratrochlear branches of the ophthalmic artery;
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- comparing the first and second signals.
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