Patent ID: 8864670
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A central venous pressure ultrasonic monitoring device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements coupled to the substrate, wherein each ultrasonic transducer element is separately configured to transmit a signal to a jugular vein of a mammal and to receive an echo return signal from the jugular vein; a computer readable memory medium comprising program instructions; a microprocessor coupled to the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements and to the computer readable memory medium, the microprocessor configured to execute the program instructions to determine central venous pressure of the mammal based on a combined analysis of the echo return signals received by the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements without ultrasonically scanning the mammal or generating an ultrasonic image of the jugular vein; and a power source, coupled to at least one of the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements, the computer readable memory medium, or the microprocessor, configured to supply electrical energy.