Claims
- 1. A non-invasive method of approximating a specific parameter associated with the actual blood pressure pulse in a particular artery of a given mammal, which specific parameter is the blood pressure constant K, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) by non-invasive means, determining the diastolic and systolic pressure points D and S, respectively, of said actual blood pressure pulse;
- (b) by non-invasive means, providing a waveform which approximates said actual pulse;
- (c) finding the means value M of said waveform; and
- (d) determining the blood pressure constant (K) of said mammal directly from said diastolic and systolic pressure points and said mean values by solving the equation ##EQU4##
- 2. A non-invasive method of approximating the mean value M associated with the actual blood pressure pulse in a particular artery of a given mammal, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a waveform which approximates said actual pulse; and
- (b) integrating said waveform and solving for the equation ##EQU5## where M is said mean value, T is the duration in time of said waveform and P is the waveforms' amplitude in pressure.
- 3. A non-invasive apparatus for approximating a specific parameter associated with the actual blood pulse in a particular artery of a given mammal, which specific parameter is the blood pressure constant K, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) non-invasive means for determining the diastolic and systolic pressure points D and S, respectively, of said actual blood pressure pulse;
- (b) non-invasive means for providing a waveform which approximates said actual pulse;
- (c) means for finding the mean value M of said waveform; and
- (d) determining the blood pressure constant of said mammal directly from said diastolic and systolic pressure points and said mean value by solving the equation ##EQU6##
- 4. A non-invasive apparatus for approximating a specific parameter associated with the actual blood pressure pulse in a particular artery of a given mammal, which parameter is the mean value M, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) non-invasive means for providing a waveform which approximetes said actual pulse;
- (b) means for determining the mean value under said waveform by integrating said waveform and solving for the equation ##EQU7## where M is said mean value, T is the duration in time of the waveform and P is the waveforms' amplitude in pressure.
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, now abandoned, which, in turn is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 622,213 and 622,080, both filed June 19, 1984 and now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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