Continuous BP monitor for dialysis applications

描述（由申请人提供）：持续监测透析患者血压的需求正在稳步增加。虽然目前美国接受透析的人群约为40万，随着全球慢性肾脏疾病（CKD）患者的增长而沿着增长，但透析人群的总体健康状况正在下降，因为越来越多的患者接受非常侵入性的手术。作为回应，ETC提议开发和测试一种无线腕戴式连续血压监测仪，该监测仪将允许对接受透析的患者进行集中监测。该器械为非闭塞性器械，并利用桡动脉脉搏的新型物理模型通过脉搏分析确定BP。该设备的紧凑设计使患者的移动性和无线连接成为可能。将在一项涉及95名血压正常受试者以及透析和肾移植患者的临床研究中测试该设备与黄金标准相比的有效性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The need for the continuous monitoring of blood pressure in patients undergoing dialysis is steadily increasing. While the population undergoing dialysis, presently at about 400k in the US, is growing along with the global growth in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, the general health of the dialysis population is declining as increasingly sicker patients undergo the very invasive procedure. In response ETC proposes to develop and test a wireless wrist-worn continuous blood pressure monitor that will permit the centralized monitoring of patients undergoing dialysis. The device is non-occlusive and utilizes a novel physical model of the radial pulse to determine BP via pulse analysis. The compact design of the device makes patient mobility and wireless connectivity possible. The device's effectiveness in comparison to gold standards will be tested in a clinical study involving 95 normotensive subjects as well as dialysis and kidney transplant patients.