BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING TECHNIQUE WHICH UTILIZES A PATIENT'S SUPRAORBITAL ARTERY

摘要

There is disclosed herein a method of obtaining certain information about the blood pressure of a given patient by means of a particular blood pressure technique, specifically by means of oscillometry, in which the pressurizable pressure transducing bladder located adjacent and cooperating with a particular artery of the patient, is used in combination with means for pressurizing the bladder in a controlled way in order to provide the desired information. The particular artery used is the patient's supraorbital artery which is readily accessible in a specific area just above the eyebrow of substantially all patients. There is also disclosed herein a blood pressure transducing bladder assembly which is specifically designed to easily access the supraorbital artery of substantially all patients using the eyebrow and nose of each patient as a frame of reference.