摘要 |
An electronic blood pressure indicator for use with conventional inflatable arm cuff apparatus and a mercury or aneroid manometer, comprising a microphone for translation of arterial blood flow sounds into electrical signals, a narrow bandpass amplifier circuit which filters extraneous frequencies and amplifies a narrow band of low frequencies containing essential arterial blood flow information, a discriminator which senses signal strength and passes only signals exceeding a predetermined value, a pulse generator which provides a pulse output corresponding to blood flow pulses passed by the discriminator, the pulse generator cooperating with switch means to drive an indicator to provide a visual indication of the arterial blood flow sounds, and a dual lockout circuit which blocks incoming signals and spurious pulses from the pulse generator.
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