METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NONINVASIVE MONITORING OF INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE

摘要

Method and apparatus for noninvasive monitoring of the intracranial pressure of mammals. The method preferably consists of occluding the jugular vein (20) at a selected location so as to interrupt the flow of blood temporarily and then determining the rate of change of blood flow within the jugular vein upstream of such location over a predetermined period of time following its occlusion. Means (27) controlled by the operation of a computer (73) may be utilized for automatically occluding the jugular and for inducing detectable electrical signals representative of the flow of blood within the jugular.