Vascular testing method
OwnerCarlos A. Selmonoskyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for vascular testing for diagnosing circulatory and secondary nervous disorders. The method allows a non-technical person to rapidly plot blood pressure and/or volumetric blood flow wave forms from a plurality of separate digits and/or extremities of a patient. The change in circumference of each body part correlates to the amount of blood flow through the body being measured. The wave form may then be analyzed by a physician for the purpose of identifying abnormalities or disorders in a patient.
Claims5
A method for vascular testing for diagnosing circulatory and secondary nervous disorders comprising the steps of:
- providing a vascular testing device having a plurality of pneumatic cuffs;
- fitting each of said pneumatic cuffs over separate body extremities;
- pressurizing each of said pneumatic cuffs to an initial pressure and maintaining said pressure in each of said cuffs for a predetermined period sufficient to monitor a volume of blood flow in said extremity;
- monitoring an internal pressure of a respective of said cuff resulting from blood flowing from said extremity while maintaining pressure in each of said respective cuffs;
- sensing pressure fluctuations within a respective of said cuff resulting from blood flowing through said extremity;
- producing an electrical signal representing the pressure fluctuations within a respective of said selective pneumatic cuffs;
- displaying data corresponding to said pressure fluctuations representing the volumetric flow of blood through said extremity;
- repeating steps d through g for each respective extremity until the blood flow through all monitored extremities has been monitored;
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- comparing the volumetric flow of blood from each extremity for diagnosing circular or secondary nervous disorders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.