Ultrasound methods and implantable medical devices using same

Details Ultrasound methods and implantable medical devices using same Ultrasound methods and implantable medical devices using same

2006-05-02

2006-05-02

Imam, Ali (Department: 3737)

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation

Reexamination Certificate

active

07037266

ABSTRACT:
An ultrasound method and medical devices using same provide for various techniques of sampling blood flow velocity, e.g., at several sampling rates. To minimize the energy required for ultrasound monitoring, pulsed Doppler signal packages provided by a pulsed ultrasound circuit are switched in such a way that the repetition rate is the lowest possible and yet sufficiently high to be able to record the blood flow velocity within the heart. For example, an ultrasound circuit may be activated only within a part of the cardiac cycle designated as the Doppler Measurement Interval (DMI); the ultrasound circuit may be switched between an on state and an off state during the DMI; and/or the ultrasound circuit may also be switched on and off in different sampling modes: detection mode and measurement mode (e.g., using different sampling rates).

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