PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MEASURING PRESSURE AND/OR FOR MEASURING ELASTICITY OF A VEIN OR AN ORGAN AND FOR COMBINATION WITH AN ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT UNIT, PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD
The invention relates to a pressure measurement device for measuring pressure and/or for measuring elasticity of a vein, an organ or a compartment of a body in for combination with an ultrasound measurement unit wherein a pressure sensor is configured as a thin film pressure sensor with the speciality that the intermediate space between the films of the film pressure sensor is filled with an ultrasound-transparent and electrolytically/electrically inactive liquid and wherein the films of the film pressure sensor are fabricated from an ultrasound-transparent material.
