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Ultrasonic apparatus and method to assess compartment syndrome
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | A process and apparatus for measuring pressure buildup in a body compartment that encases muscular tissue. The method includes assessing the body compartment configuration and identifying the effect of pulsatible components on compartment dimensions and muscle tissue characteristics. This process is used in preventing tissue necrosis, and in decisions of whether to perform surgery on the body compartment for prevention of Compartment Syndrome. An apparatus is used for measuring pressure build-up in the body compartment having components for imparting ultrasonic waves such as a transducer, placing the transducer to impart the ultrasonic waves, capturing the imparted ultrasonic waves, mathematically manipulating the captured ultrasonic waves and categorizing pressure build-up in the body compartment from the mathematical manipulations. |
| File Size | 623775 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20090029916 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6vx5bh27 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2009-02-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Prevention Patents Signs and Symptoms Transducers Surgery Compartments Inventions Muscles Ultrasonic Radiation Pressure Measurement Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |