Patents Assigned to Norse Instruments, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for obtaining an individual's systolic blood pressure
    Patent number: 4564020
    Abstract: A specific technique for determining an individual's systolic blood pressure is disclosed herein. This technique utilizes the individual's diastolic blood pressure, the patient's arterial curve or amplitude curve, and different assumed systolic pressures for making a comparison between certain assumed curves and a reference curve in order to establish which of the assumed systolic pressures accurately reflects the individual's actual systolic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Norse Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: William T. Link