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"Engevity Cuff" Monitors Artery Health

Early detection of atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque in and on artery walls, could save lives. Plaque that builds up in blood vessels can eventually burst and cause blood clots, leading to a heart attack or stroke. Cardiovascular disease and stroke are the leading causes of death worldwide. New technology developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory could soon make detecting the process of plaque buildup in vessels a routine part of a visit to the doctor and, perhaps, home healthcare settings. Berkeley Lab scientist Jonathan Maltz came up with the idea of using sensors to detect the changes in the pulse pressure as blood flows through the brachial artery, a major vessel in the upper arm. Previous studies have shown a strong correlation between the health of brachial and coronary arteries. Maltz developed an advanced prototype called the Engevity Cuff, which looks and feels much like a blood pressure monitor.

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    00:00:00 the injera tea cuff is a device that can give you information about your arteries that at present we just don't measure arteries are not just passive pipes that carry blood they have an active mechanism that protects the wall against plaque buildup and block buildup on the walls of arteries is the single largest cause of death in the world because this clot breaks often causes heart attacks

    00:00:28 and strokes so the injera T cuff basically measures the field of the arteries the cells align the arteries that are a shield that prevent plaque from building up on the walls of the arteries so before this invention you basically need advanced equipment and an ultrasound technician to be able to perform the measurement the ideal scenario would be that when you have

    00:00:52 your blood pressure measured you get your endothelial function measure measured because it can be implemented in a similar piece of equipment there's not necessarily any need for a greatly increased cost and so this technology is an enabler to enable doctors to find information that is arguably as important as blood pressure that at present we just don't measure now what

    00:01:18 we want to do is we want to deploy several hundred devices in a much larger study involving people who actually do daily measurements in their home and use this data set to confirm what the literature suggests that this is able to predict heart attack and stroke so I think that there is a tremendous potential to improve outcomes to lengthen lives and improve quality of

    00:01:46 life