Patents Assigned to Martin Goffman Associates
  • Fiber optic intravascular blood pressure transducer
    Patent number: 4991590
    Abstract: A device for the measurement of the blood pressure of a patient includes an arrangement for transmitting a light through an optical fiber; an arrangement for receiving and measuring a reflected light through an optical fiber; and a cylindrically shaped pressure sensor having a side window and a plate having two sections which moves in accordance with the applied blood pressure thereby causing the reflection and detection of different amounts of light based on the applied blood pressure at the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Martin Goffman Associates
    Inventor: Weimin Shi