By Pressure Measuring Patents (Class 73/54.09)
  • Patent number: 6237398
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of quantifying flow, detecting a location of an obstruction and quantifying a degree of the obstruction in a pipe characterized in pulsatile flow. The method includes the steps of (a) attaching at least two spaced pressure sensors onto inner walls of the pipe; (b) using the at least two spaced pressure sensors for recording pressure records associated with each of the at least two pressure sensors within the pipe; and (c) using the pressure records for quantifying the pulsatile flow in the pipe, for detecting the location of the obstruction in the pipe and for quantifying the degree of the obstruction in the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Remon Medical Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yariv Porat, Yosef Tsaliah, Eyal Doron