Abstract: A computer-based device for providing spoken translations of a predetermined set of medical questions, upon the selection of individual questions. Translations are prerecorded into a number of languages, and the physician user, in cooperation with the patient, chooses the language into which the translations are made. Then the physician chooses the questions in the physician's own language that should be asked, then indicates his choice to the device, and the device speaks the corresponding questions in the language of a potential respondent.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining the likelihood of success of a bypass graft. One end of the graft is first fixed to the vessel which is to be bypassed. Alternatively, a double lumen balloon tip catheter is inserted into the vessel. A fixed amount of heparinized normal saline is then applied to the proximal end of the graft or catheter and into the vessel. The pressure within the graft vessel is measured and integrated over a given time and the volume of the saline which flows during that time is divided into the integrated pressure to produce a measure of the outflow bed resistance. The proximal side of the vessel is clamped in order to measure distal run-off bed or outflow resistance. A measurement of greater than 1.2 millimeters of mercury per milliliter of injected fluid per minute predicts that the grafts are likely to be unsuccessful.

Abstract: A computer-based device for providing spoken translations of a predetermined set of medical questions, upon the selection of individual questions. Translations are prerecorded into a number of languages, and the physician user, in cooperation with the patient, chooses the language into which the translations are made. Then the physician chooses the questions in the physician's own language that should be asked, then indicates his choice to the device, and the device speaks the corresponding questions in the language of a potential respondent.