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Disposable pressure transducer apparatus for medical use

US4576181A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 1984
Grant dateMar 18, 1986
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2562/0247
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A novel disposable pressure transducer apparatus for monitoring human blood pressure. The apparatus includes a semiconductor pressure transducer, a temperature compensation circuit, and light shielding structures mounted on a dielectric substrate. The substrate is secured within a housing adapted to follow the pressure pulses present in a fluid filled catheter to be communicated to the pressure transducer by way of a gel placed in a hole provided in the substrate.

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