Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for determining vascular bodily lumen information and guiding medical devices
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定血管体内信息并指导医疗器械的方法和系统
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Application No.: US13159298Application Date: 2011-06-13
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Publication No.: US08798712B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Venugopal Gopinathan , Raghavan Subramaniyan , Goutam Dutta , Nitin Patil , Abhijit Patki
- Applicant: Venugopal Gopinathan , Raghavan Subramaniyan , Goutam Dutta , Nitin Patil , Abhijit Patki
- Applicant Address: US MD Bethesda
- Assignee: Angiometrix Corporation
- Current Assignee: Angiometrix Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Bethesda
- Agency: Levine Bagade Han LLP
- Priority: IN1636/CHE/2010 20100613
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; A61B5/053

Abstract:
Methods and systems for determining information about a vascular bodily lumen are described. An exemplary method includes generating an electrical signal, delivering the electrical signal to a plurality of excitation elements in the vicinity of the vascular bodily lumen, measuring a responsive electrical signal from a plurality of sensing elements in response to the delivered electrical signal, and determining a lumen dimension. Specific embodiments include generating a multiple frequency electrical signal. Another embodiment includes measuring a plurality of responsive signals at a plurality of frequencies. Still other embodiments include using spatial diversity of the excitation elements. Yet other embodiments use method for calibration and de-embedding of such measurements to determine the lumen dimensions. Diagnostic devices incorporating the method are also disclosed, including guide wires, catheters and implants. The methods and systems described herein are advantageous as they do not include injecting a second fluid for the measurements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110306867A1 Methods and Systems for Determining Vascular Bodily Lumen Information and Guiding Medical Devices Public/Granted day:2011-12-15
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