Patents Assigned to Florida Atlantic University Research Corp.
  • Method and apparatus for detecting the onset and relative degree of atherosclerosis in humans
    Patent number: 5343867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting the onset of atherosclerosis and for detecting the degree of atherosclerosis. Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention correlates data obtained from arteries having a measured amount of stenosis with actual arterial data (blood volume change vs. cuff pressure) obtained from a patient which is converted into data relating to the patient's arterial peak compliance. Another aspect of the present invention detects the onset and the degree of atherosclerosis by classifying the shape of a curve obtained by relating arterial blood volume change with cuff pressure. Two devices can be used, an electrical impedance plethysmograph and a volume plethysmograph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Florida Atlantic University Research Corp.
    Inventor: Ravi Shankar
  • Method of detecting atherosclerosis while excluding motion artifacts
    Patent number: 5297556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting the onset of atherosclerosis and for detecting the degree of atherosclerosis. Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention correlates data obtained from arteries having a measured amount of stenosis with actual arterial data (blood volume change vs. cuff pressure) obtained from a patient which is converted into data relating to the patient's arterial peak compliance. Another aspect of the present invention detects the onset and the degree of atherosclerosis by classifying the shape of a curve obtained by relating arterial blood volume change with cuff pressure. Two devices can be used, an electrical impedance plethysmograph and a volume plethysmograph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Florida Atlantic University Research Corp.
    Inventor: Ravi Shankar
  • Method for detecting the onset and relative degree of atherosclerosis in humans
    Patent number: 5241963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting the onset of atherosclerosis and for detecting the degree of atherosclerosis. Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention correlates data obtained from arteries having a measured amount of stenosis with actual arterial data (blood volume change vs. cuff pressure) obtained from a patient which is converted into data relating to the patient's arterial peak compliance. Another aspect of the present invention detects the onset and the degree of atherosclerosis by classifying the shape of a curve obtained by relating arterial blood volume change with cuff pressure. Two devices can be used, an electrical impedance plethysmograph and a volume plethysmograph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Florida Atlantic University Research Corp.
    Inventor: Ravi Shankar