Patent ID: 11877832
Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
determining a distance between the blood vessel and an ultrasound transducer comprising the first element and the second element by analyzing the reflection of the first ultrasound beam or the reflection of the second ultrasound beam; and
determining a distance between the first portion of the wall of the blood vessel and the second portion of the wall of the blood vessel by analyzing an angle between the first ultrasound beam and the second ultrasound beam and the distance between the blood vessel and the ultrasound transducer,
wherein determining the pulse wave velocity comprises dividing the distance between the portions of the wall of the blood vessel with the time period between the determination of the change in the slant range at the first portion of the wall of the blood vessel and the determination of the change in the slant range at the second portion of the wall of the blood vessel.