Patents Assigned to INSTITUT NAT. DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHER. MED
  • Micro blood pressure sensor and measuring instrument using same
    Publication number: 20060079791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blood pressure microsensor comprising means of holding and positioning a chip of piezoresistive material (10) on the inside face of a practitioner's finger, the chip dimensions being smaller than the diameter of the artery in which the pressure is to be measured, the microsensor also comprising means of transmitting the electrical signal output (12) by the piezoresistive chip in response to a pressure applied to the chip (10). It also relates to an arterial stiffness measurement apparatus using such microsensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: INSTITUT NAT. DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHER. MED
    Inventors: Roland Letremy, Pierre Boutouyrie, Dominique Lemoine, Stephane Laurent, Robert Corvisier