Phoenix Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor
Inventory of Blood Pressure Measurement Methods
Background
In 1970, Lawrence A. Geddes published a summary of blood pressure measurement techniques. Geddes inventory forms a baseline for the Phoenix project. The methods are listed below. Follow the link for an overview.
- Direct Measurement of Blood Pressure
- Mechanical Systems
- Mechano-Optical Systems
- Electrolytic Systems
- Electro-Optical Systems
- Capacitance Manometers
- Strain-Gauge Manometers
- Inductive Manometers
- Mechano-Electronic Tube Manometers
- Indirect Measurement of Blood Pressure
- Palpatory Method
- Flush Method
- Oscillometric Method
- Auscultatory Method
- Ultrasound Kinetoarteriography
Direct Blood Pressure Measurement
- direct measurement of arterial pressure with cannula needle in an artery (usually radial, femoral, dorsalis pedis or brachial)
Indirect Blood Pressure Measurement
- arterial tonometry
- auscultatory method (with sphygmomanometer and stethoscope)
- differential oscillometric
- Doppler ultrasound (A-scan biometry)
- Medwave -- see Medwave, Inc.
- modulated magnetic signature of blood (MMSB) -- might be usable with either PTT or pulse wave analysis
- oscillometric method (with sphygmomanometer and electronic pressure sensor [transducer])
- oscillometric pulse wave analysis
- palpation of radial pulse (with sphygmomanometer)
- plethysmographic
- pulse decomposition analysis (PDA)
- pulse oximetry
- pulse wave analysis
- pulse wave velocity
- Tensymetry (proprietary)
- tonometric pulse wave analysis
- vascular unloading
Devices
- sphygmomanometer -- an occlusive cuff and either a mercury-column manometer or a aneroid pressure sensor
Sensors
- applanation tonometric sensor
- arrayed sensors
- differential mode sensor
- electronic pressure transducer
- Giant Magnetic Resistance (GMR) sensor
- infrared sensor
- microphone
- osillometric pressure sensor
- piezoelectric sensor
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