Patent ID: 6338719
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A system for determining one of at least one vascular condition and endothelial function, comprising:an occlusive arm cuff plethysmograph having at least one occlusive arm cuff for placement over a patient's brachial artery, means for obtaining patient vascular data and means for outputting said patient vascular data; at least one database storing predetermined vascular data and a plurality of corresponding vascular conditions; a plurality of programmable instructions, for (1) correlating said patient vascular data with said predetermined vascular data stored within said at least one database and determining at least a portion of said predetermined vascular data which exhibits the maximum correlation with said patient vascular data, wherein said at least one vascular condition is determined to be at least one of said plurality of corresponding vascular conditions which corresponds to a portion of said predetermined vascular data, and (2) determining endothelial function using said patient vascular data; and at least one processor for executing at least one of said correlating or said determining endothelial function.