Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1977-04-21
1978-08-01
Michell, Robert W.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128 2S, 346 33ME, 346 34, 346;76R, 346 76R, A61B 500, G01D 1510
Patent
active
041036786
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for generating and recording signals from two separate sensors on a patient adapted to provide an indication of the condition of an anatomical member to be monitored.
A control cabinet having an integral strip chart recorder is provided with plug in inputs for two externally connected strain gauges. Each strain gauge makes up one leg of a bridge circuit. The bridge outputs are amplified and multiplexed into a single channel strip chart recorder having a single, heated stylus which records two separate traces based on the signals received from the two sensors.
Heat to the recordinng pen or stylus is turned off during switching excursions of the pen between the two traces so as to eliminate shading and marking which would otherwise occur on the recording chart between the traces at slow chart speeds. In the nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring application for which the apparaus is primarily intended, two mercury strain gauges in the form of elastomer rings are positioned at the base and tip of the penis. Minute variations in penile size occurring during the Rapid Eye Movement stages of sleep are sensed by the strain gauges, amplified, through bridge circuits and recorded in two separate traces.
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Karacan Ismet
Paulson Larry G.
Timm Gerald W.
American Medical Systems Inc.
Jaworski Frank
Michell Robert W.
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