Blood flow meter apparatus and method of use

Details Blood flow meter apparatus and method of use Blood flow meter apparatus and method of use

1998-10-26

2000-05-16

Kamm, William E.

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation

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ABSTRACT:
A strobed blood flow meter provides periodic measurements of blood flow velocity or volumetric blood flow over a cardiac cycle at reduced average power consumption, which is advantageous for reducing battery size, and extending device battery life, such as in an implantable application. Continuous wave Doppler, pulsed Doppler, laser Doppler, transit time, electromagnetic flow, and thermal dilution techniques are included. Strobing provides higher level excitation during active periods, which improves signal-to-noise ratio, and provides a low power standby mode during an idle time between active periods. The invention may be used for chronic or acute applications. Doppler or other signals may be telemetered from an implanted portion of the flow meter for further signal processing to extract velocity or volumetric flow. Alternatively, such signal processing is also implanted, such that the velocity signal can be telemetered to an remote monitor.

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patent: 4866613 (1989-09-01), Amemiya et al.
patent: 5083567 (1992-01-01), Uchibori
patent: 5313947 (1994-05-01), Micco

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