Blood vessel catheter and injection system for carrying out a blood pressure measurement of a patient
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US Β· United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES IPRM AG
- Publication Date
- 2007-06-21
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable Β· inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
[0001] This claims priority to German application DE 10 2005 060 079.4, filed Dec. 15, 2005, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
[0002] The present invention relates to blood vessel catheter located proximate to a patient's body for measuring blood pressure, drawing blood samples or injecting fluids into a blood vessel of the patient. The present invention further relates to a system for drawing blood samples or injecting fluids into the blood vessel of the patient and for carrying out a blood pressure measurement of a patient. BACKGROUND
[0003] Measurement systems for measuring blood pressure of a patient's body are well known in clinical appliances. They usually comprise a rinsing fluid reservoir which is connected using a fluid flow tube to a catheter tube, which in use penetrates a patient's body such that the rinsing fluid is supplied as a continuous rinsing fluid stream. Along the rinsing channel one or more valves can be arranged to manually st...