DocumentCode
1204245
Title
An Automated Tilting Bed for Continuous Control of Blood Pressure
Author
Barnes, Ralph W. ; Toole, James F. ; Janeway, Richard ; Pardue, George T.
Author_Institution
Sections of Biomedical Engineering and Acute Stroke, Department of Neurology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N. C. 27103.
Issue
2
fYear
1974
fDate
3/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
124
Lastpage
129
Abstract
An automative system for continuous maintainence of arterial pressure within set bounds by means of a bed programmed to tilt head up or down in response to fluctuations in arterial pressure has been designed. Pressure is measured continuously with an indwelling arterial pressure transducer. The system hastened return of blood pressure to normotensive levels in 15 dogs made hypertensive with metaraminol or hypotensive with trimethaphan camphorsulfonate.
Keywords
Automatic control; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Control systems; Head; Hemorrhaging; Logic; Mercury (metals); Pressure control; Transducers; Adult; Animals; Automation; Beds; Biomedical Engineering; Blood Pressure; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Dogs; Humans; Hypertension; Hypotension; Male; Middle Aged; Posture;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9294
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TBME.1974.324298
Filename
4120743
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