Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Cardiovascular
Patent
1997-10-07
2000-12-26
Nasser, Robert L.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Cardiovascular
600526, A61B 500
Patent
active
06165132&
ABSTRACT:
A technique for determining blood flow in a living body by changing the thermal energy level by a predetermined amount at a site in a blood flow path and detecting temperatures at locations upstream and downstream of the site. The temperature difference at such locations is determined and the blood flow is calculated as a function of the change in energy level and of the temperature differences measured prior to and following the change in energy level.
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Linek Ernest V.
Nasser Robert L.
Thermal Technologies, Inc.
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