Patent ID: 6468219
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A61B,A61K,A61M

Abstract:
A cerebral blood flow velocity monitoring system comprising:a transcranial Doppler ultrasound device adapted to be surgically implanted in the human body; a probe housing adapted to be surgically implanted on the temporal bone of the human head, said probe housing including the ultrasound transducer, and having a reservoir for refillable ultrasound gel; a surgically implantable transducer cable having a proximal end and a distal end oriented such that the proximal end is attached to the transducer and the distal end having a connector for the implanted transcranial Doppler ultrasound device; and an external handheld computer means for telemetering controlling signals to and receiving spectral signals from the implanted transcranial Doppler ultrasound device, the said handheld computer having a microcomputer, a monitor , input keyboard, a loud speaker, a communication means to the Internet and means of electrical power supply.