Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
Reexamination Certificate
2004-01-15
2009-10-20
Winakur, Eric F (Department: 3768)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
C600S488000, C600S486000, C600S424000, C600S481000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07604605
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is of system, device, and method for detecting and localizing obstruction in a blood vessel. More particularly, the present invention is of a balloon catheter having an expandable balloon which comprises a plurality of strain gauges operable to report relative degrees of expansion of local portions of a wall of the expandable balloon. Incomplete expansion of a local portion of the balloon, under common pressure within the balloon, indicates presence of an obstruction, such as a region of plaque, within the blood vessel.
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Bor Helene
Galil Medical Ltd.
Winakur Eric F
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