Patent ID: 11896421
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for monitoring blood distribution in a subject, the system comprising:
a processor adapted to:
receive Doppler ultrasound data representing a first arterial blood flow value at a first location and a second arterial blood flow value at a second location of the subject;
perform a first comparison of the first arterial blood flow value and the second arterial blood flow value, wherein the first comparison comprises calculation of a ratio between the first arterial blood flow value and the second arterial blood flow value, wherein the ratio is associated with the blood distribution in the subject;
perform a second comparison of the ratio to a first threshold associated with hypovolemia and to a second threshold associated with hypervolemia;
detect the hypovolemia, when the ratio is greater than the first threshold;
detect the hypervolemia when the ratio is less than the second threshold; and
generate an output indicative of the hypovolemia when the ratio is greater than the first threshold and indicative of the hypervolemia when the ratio is less than the second threshold.