A microprocessor-based wrist pulse simulator for pulse diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine

Author

McLellan, Steven ; Liese, Christina ; Andrews, Mark ; Boudreaux, Mona ; Boudreaux, G. Faye ; Chabot, Eugene ; Ying Sun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Comput., & Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

25-27 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The pulse diagnostics has been an important practice in traditional Chinese medicine for diagnosing various diseases. It is based on the patterns of blood pressure pulses at the wrist felt with three fingers. The device developed in this study mimics the outward forces generated by blood flows through the radial artery. The embedded system platform allows for the implementation of various pulse patterns in response to the depression pressure of the fingers. The resulting pulse simulator is useful for demonstrating and teaching the art of pulse diagnosis.

Keywords

blood flow measurement; blood pressure measurement; blood vessels; diseases; intelligent sensors; medical signal processing; patient diagnosis; blood flows; blood pressure pulse patterns; disease diagnosis; embedded system platform; finger depression pressure; microprocessor-based wrist pulse simulator; pulse diagnosis; radial artery; traditional Chinese medicine; Arteries; Medical diagnostic imaging; Microprocessors; Solenoids; Thumb; Wrist; blood pressure; pulse diagnosis; pulse patterns; simulator; traditional Chinese medicine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2014 40th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBEC.2014.6972871

Filename

6972871