NON-VASIVE SYSTEM FOR CONTINUING BLUE-PRESSURE WARNING

摘要

A transducer having a sensing surface for sensing blood pressure within an underlying artery of a patient includes a transducer, a sidewall, a flexible diaphragm and a fluid coupling medium. The sidewall supports the transducer above the underlying artery. The flexible diaphragm is spaced from the sensing surface of the transducer. The fluid coupling medium is coupled between the sensing surface of the transducer and the flexible diaphragm and transmits blood pressure pulses within the underlying artery from the flexible diaphragm to the sensing surface of the transducer. The fluid coupling medium is isolated from the sidewall so that forces are not transmitted from the sidewall through the fluid coupling medium to the transducer.