Abstract: A system and method for non-invasively detecting intracranial pressure (ICP) of a living being by detecting impedance mismatches between carotid arteries and cerebral vessels via a reflection of the carotid pressure waveform using a pressure sensor positioned against the palpable carotid artery, as well as analyzing the reflection and comparing the analysis with known cerebral vasculature data, to calculate ICP non-invasively. A remote blood pressure waveform can also be used to compensate for blood system impedance.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 1, 2008
Publication date:
August 12, 2010
Applicant:
NEURODX DEVELOPMENT LLC
Inventors:
Marek Swoboda, Matias G. Hochman, Frederick J. Fritz