Abstract: System for indicating a possibility a cardiac tamponade occurring in a patient, comprising: —a right atrium pressure sensor, configured for measuring a right atrium pressure in a right atrium of the patient; —an intra pericardial pressure sensor, configured for measuring an intra pericardial pressure in a portion of an intra-pericardial space of the patient; —a processing device that is operatively connected to the pressure sensors, is provided with a predetermined statistical distribution of pressure versus tamponade probabilities, and is configured for: —determining a trans-mural pressure difference between the right atrium pressure and the intra pericardial pressure; —comparing the trans-mural pressure difference with the statistical distribution, and —indicating the possibility of cardiac tamponade occurrence, based on the trans-mural pressure difference comparison.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 12, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2019
Assignees:
Egbert Jan Constant Ottevanger, Wouter Matthijs Muijs Van de Moer
Inventors:
Egbert Jan Constant Ottevanger, Rienk Rienks, Wouter Matthijs Muijs Van De Moer