Patents by Inventor Mark A. FREITHALER

Mark A. FREITHALER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD PRESSURES
    Publication number: 20240000326
    Abstract: Devices and methods for determining blood pressures are provided. In one example, a device for determining blood pressure of a subject includes a camera configured to measure a finger photo-plethysmography (PPG) waveform, an accelerometer configured to measure a vertical height of the device relative to a heart of a subject, an output device configured to guide the subject to raise a hand to vary the transmural pressure of an artery while maintaining a finger pressure on the camera, and a processor configured to compute pulse pressure of the subject from the finger PPG waveform and the vertical height, and display the pulse pressure on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Aman MAHAJAN, Ramakrishna MUKKAMALA, Feng XIONG, Mark A. FREITHALER, Sanjeev Govinddas SHROFF, Vishaal DHAMOTHARAN, Anand CHANDRASEKHAR