Claims
- 1. A method of providing an arterial curve characteristic of a particular mammal, comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing a blood pressure cuff around a particular artery of said mammal;
- (b) using means cooperating with said cuff, pressurizing the latter at a number of different pressure levels from zero pressure to a pressure at least equal to the mammal's systolic pressure and generating cuff pulses having peak to peak amplitude values corresponding to and dependent on said different pressure levels;
- (c) determining the diastolic and systolic pressures of said mammal; and
- (d) graphically generating said arterial curve in a way which requires the use of said peak to peak values and said diastolic and systolic pressures.
- 2. A method according to claim 1 wherein only said peak to peak amplitude values and said diastolic and systolic pressures are used to graphically generate said arterial curve.
- 3. An apparatus for providing an arterial curve characteristic of a particular mammal, comprising:
- (a) a blood pressure cuff for placement around a particular artery of said mammal;
- (b) means cooperating with said cuff for pressurizing the latter at a number of different pressure levels from zero pressure to a pressure at least equal to the mammal's systolic pressure and for generating cuff pulses having peak to peak amplitude values corresponding to and dependent on said different pressure levels;
- (c) means for determining the diastolic and systolic pressures of said mammal; and
- (d) means for graphically generating said arterial curve in a way which requires the use of said peak to peak values and said diastolic and systolic pressures.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 3 wherein only said peak to peak amplitude values and said diastolic and systolic pressures are used to graphically generate said arterial curve.
- 5. A method of providing an arterial curve characteristic of a particular mammal, comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing a cuff or cuff-like member adjacent a particular artery of said mammal;
- (b) using means cooperating with said cuff or cuff-like member, pressurizing the latter at a number of different pressure levels from zero pressure to a pressure at least equal to the mammal's systolic pressure and generating cuff pulses having peak to peak amplitude values corresponding to and dependent on said different pressure levels;
- (c) determining the diastolic and systolic pressure of said mammal; and
- (d) generating said arterial curve in a way which requires the use of said peak to peak values and said diastolic and systolic pressures.
- 6. A method according to claim 5 wherein only said peak to peak amplitude values and said diastolic and systolic pressures are used to generate said arterial curve.
- 7. An apparatus for providing an arterial curve characteristic of a particular mammal, comprising:
- (a) blood pressure cuff means for placement adjacent a particular artery of said mammal;
- (b) means cooperating with said cuff means for pressurizing the latter at a number of different pressure levels from zero pressure to a pressure at least equal to the mammal's systolic pressure and for generating cuff pulses having peak to peak amplitude values corresponding to and dependent on said different pressure levels;
- (c) means for determining the diastolic and systolic pressures of said mammal; and
- (d) means for generating said arterial curve in a way which requires the use of said peak to peak values and said diastolic and systolic pressures.
- 8. An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein only said peak to peak amplitude values and said diastolic and systolic pressures are used to generate said arterial curve.
- 9. A method of providing an arterial curve characteristic of a particular mammal where one axis of the curve in a given coordinate system represents the volume of a particular artery segment of the mammal and a second axis normal to said one axis represents the wall pressure of said artery segment, comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing a cuff or cuff-like member adjacent said particular artery segment of said mammal;
- (b) using means cooperating with said cuff or cuff-like member, pressurizing the latter at a number of different pressure levels from zero pressure to a pressure at least equal to the mammal's systolic pressure and generating cuff pulses having peak to peak amplitude values corresponding to and dependent on said different pressure levels;
- (c) determining the diastolic and systolic pressure of said mammal; and
- (d) generating said arterial curve in a way which requires the use of said peak to peak values and said diastolic and systolic pressures.
- 10. An apparatus for providing an arterial curve characteristic of a particular mammal where one axis of the curve in a given coordinate system represents the volume of a particular artery segment of the mammal and a second axis normal to said one axis represents the wall pressure of said artery segment, comprising:
- (a) a blood pressure cuff means for placement adjacent said segment of said mammal;
- (b) means cooperating with said cuff means for pressurizing the latter at a number of different pressure levels form zero pressure to a pressure at least equal to the mammal's systolic pressure and for generating cuff pulses having peak to peak amplitude values corresponding to and dependent on said different pressure levels;
- (c) means for determining the diastolic and systolic pressures of said mammal; and
- (d) means for generating said arterial curve in a way which requires the use of said peak to peak values and said diastolic and systolic pressures.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This is a division of application Ser. No. 868,313 filed May 28, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,664,126, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 684,592 filed Dec. 21, 1984, abandoned, which, in turn is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 622,213 and 622,080, both filed June 19, 1984 and now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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