Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for detecting electrical potentials on the human or animal body, with a body-side arrangement of electrodes (3) and a body-side management unit (4). According to the invention, the conductive pathways (19) between electrodes (3) and management unit (4) include at least in certain areas electrically conductive liquids (17). The pathways (19) are preferably designed as fluid-filled pad segments (16). The invention also relates to a device and method of the aforementioned kind with a body-side arrangement of electrodes (3) and a preferably body-side management unit (4) and/or a preferably remote processing unit (10), which communicate with each other by means of radio transmission (8) using at least one transmitter (7) and at least one receiver (9). It is contemplated that the means of radio transmission (8) preferably comprise transmitter (7) and receiver (9) according to the Zig Bee, Wibree, Bluetooth or ULP standard.

Abstract: A catheter system includes a flexible, elongated base body adapted to be applied to a vein central-venously and having a base distal end; a fibre-optic probe having a probe distal part; a fibre-optic lumen receiving the fibre-optic probe; and an attachment element configured to avoid a longitudinal displacement of the fibre-optic probe relative to the fibre-optic lumen and configured to detach so as to allow removal of the fibre-optic probe through the longitudinal displacement of the fibre-optic probe relative to the fibre-optic lumen. The attachment element has a connector piece firmly connected to the fibre-optic probe and a counter-piece firmly connected to the base body, wherein the connector piece is connectable to the counter-piece, the connector piece having a shaft piece adjustable lengthwise and disposed on the connector piece so as to vary a length of the connector piece.

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes a flexible element configured to at least partially surround a body part and having a stiffening element configured to stiffen the flexible element; and at least one pressure sensor element attached to the flexible element.

Abstract: A device for infusing of at least one medicament includes at least two actuators configured to cause at least two medicaments to be infused; at least one sensor configured to measure a value of at least two parameters; and a controller configured to control the at least two actuators, wherein the controller is programmed to activate the at least two actuators depending on the values of each of the at least two parameters, and wherein the controller is arranged so as to consider a dependency of the at least two medicaments.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assessing extravascular lung water volume (EVLW) of a patient after lung resection is adapted to provide a transpulmonary thermodilution curve, is capable to derive the patient's intrathoracic thermal volume (ITTV) and approximated intrathoracic blood volume (ITBVapprox) from the transpulmonary thermodilution curve, and is capable to determine the extravascular lung water volume (EVLW) by correcting by the degree of lung resection (c), wherein making use of the equation EVLW=f(ITTV, ITBVapprox, c), or EVLW=f(ITTV, GEDV, c).

Abstract: Apparatus for evaluating a mechanically ventilated patient's hemodynamic status, adapted to provide a respiratory variation diagram of a hemodynamic variable, and being capable of deriving the value of a hemodynamic parameter for each mechanical breath cycle as well as an assessment of its suitability for the hemodynamic analysis on basis of the respiratory variation diagram. A method is also provided.

Abstract: An injection system for injecting an injectate fluid into a blood vessel of the patient and for carrying out a blood pressure measurement of a patient. The injection system includes a catheter tube having a first end for penetrating the blood vessel of the patient, and a pressure sensor which is arranged close to a second end of the catheter tube and can sense a pressure of a liquid in the catheter tube as an indication of the blood pressure of the patient.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a patient's circulatory fill status is adapted to provide a dilution curve and is capable to derive the ratio between the patient's global end-diastolic volume GEDV and the patient's intra thoracic thermo volume ITTV from the dilution curve. Further, a computer program for determining a patient's circulatory fill status has instructions adapted to carry out the steps of generating the dilution curve on basis of provided measurement data of dilution versus time, deriving the ratio between the patient's global end-diastolic volume GEDV and the patient's intra thoracic thermo volume ITTV from the dilution curve, and determining the patient's circulatory fill status on basis of the ratio between the patient's global end-diastolic volume GEDV and the patient's intra thoracic thermo volume ITTV, when the computer program is run on a computer. A method is also provided.

Abstract: An injection channel for a blood vessel catheter for injecting an injectate fluid into a blood vessel of a patient for carrying out thermodilution orother dilution measurements in order to determine hemodynamic parameters of the patient. The injection channel includes a pressure sensor for sensing the central venous pressure of the patient wherein. The pressure sensor also senses a threshold of pressure in the injection channel as instants of begin and end of an injection process.