Patent ID: 6149587
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
An integrated, peripheral vascular diagnostic system electronically linking a doppler ultrasound unit generating ultrasound doppler data signals and at least one from the group consisting of a pulse volume recorder (PVR), an ocular pneumoplethysmograph (OPG), a photoplethysmograph (PPG), and an audio frequency analysis (AA) unit, each respectively generating PVR, OPG, PPG, and AA data signals, the integrated diagnostic system comprising:means for electronically acquiring and converting said doppler data signals into an initial set of digital data signals;a computer system including a processor, a memory, a keypad input device, a display monitor, a printer and means for interfacing together said processor, said memory, said keypad, said display monitor, said printer and said means for acquiring and converting said data signals;a data compilation means, incorporated into said computer system, for compiling and initially storing said initial set of digital data signals and patient data into said memory substantially concurrently with the acquisition of said doppler data signals, said patient data entered into said computer system via said keypad;a report generator means, as part of said computer system, for generating at a time subsequent to the initial storage of said initial set of digital data signals and not during data acquisition, and displaying at said time subsequent, and printing at said time subsequent, a plurality of vascular diagnostic reports based upon said digital data signals and said patient data;an analog playback means, as part of said report generator means, for presenting a visual analog version of at least some of said initial set of digital data signals and an audio analog version of at least some of said initial set of digital data signals; and, means for selecting, during the presentation, a portion of said stored initial set of digital data signals to be included in said vascular diagnostic report.