Patent ID: 8439843
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of measuring ABPI and/or TBPI using at least two inflatable cuffs wherein: I. at least one of the cuffs is wrapped around an upper limb, II. at least one of the cuffs is wrapped around a lower limb, III. each of the cuffs has: the method including the steps of: a. simultaneously inflating the distal chambers until the pressures measured therein provide Pneumo Arterial Plethysmography (PAPG) signals; b. while the distal chambers are inflated, simultaneously inflating the second proximal chambers until the PAPG signals are no longer detected; c. subsequently deflating the proximal chambers until PAPG signals are again detected in the distal chambers; d. subsequently deflating the distal chambers.