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

Claim 5:
6. The medical device of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a distance between the blood vessel and the ultrasound transducer by analyzing the reflections of the nonparallel ultrasound beams from the blood vessel; and
determine a distance between the portions of the wall of the blood vessel by analyzing an angle between the nonparallel ultrasound beams and the distance between the blood vessel and the ultrasound transducer, and
wherein the processor is configured to determine the pulse wave velocity by dividing the distance between the portions of the wall of the blood vessel with the time period between the determinations of the changes in the slant ranges at the portions of the wall of the blood vessel.