Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1981-06-22
1984-06-19
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128691, A61B 502
Patent
active
044548850
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus of assessing peripheral arterial systems comprising positioning a patient on an examining table in supine position with the legs of the patient flexed, positioning a treadle mechanism on the table so that the resiliently mounted foot pedals thereof are engaged by the feet of the patient, causing the patient to successively depress and release successive left and right foot pedals for a predetermined time or until claudication occurs, and thereafter making systolic pressure measurements on the legs of the patient.
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patent: 4285515 (1981-10-01), Gezari
Henry Ford Hospital
Kamm William E.
Shein Mitchell J.
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