Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1990-09-10
1992-07-21
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128782, H61B 1505
Patent
active
051314010
ABSTRACT:
The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for monitoring neuromuscular blockage, and more specifically contemplates the quantitative measurement of movement of the skin of a patient overlying an electrically simulated skeletal muscle as an indicia of such blockage. The preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention includes a piezoelectric film affixed over the patient's skin, the film generating an electric current in proportion to the magnitude of skin movement.
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Orr Joseph A.
Westenskow Dwayne R.
Axon Medical Inc.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Shumaker Steven J.
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