(19)
(11)EP 1 055 394 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
29.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/05

(43)Date of publication A2:
29.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/48

(21)Application number: 00111313.3

(22)Date of filing:  25.05.2000
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61B 5/0285, A61B 5/0225
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30)Priority: 25.05.1999 JP 14550299

(71)Applicant: Colin Corporation
Komaki-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(72)Inventor:
  • Hayashi, Kazuko
    Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu (JP)

(74)Representative: Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte Partnerschaft 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

  


(54)Heart-function monitor apparatus


(57) An apparatus for monitoring a function of the heart of a living subject by evaluating a blood outputting ability of the left ventricle of the heart comprising an aorta-pressure estimating device; telediastolic and telesystolic determining devices; a stroke-volume measuring device and a telesystolic-elastance determining device.







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