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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., New Brighton, MN (US);
Victor L. Schoenle, Greenfield, MN (US);
Thomas B. Hoegh, Edina, MN (US);
Bruce J. Persson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Kayla Eichers, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew Tilstra, Rogers, MN (US);
Richard C. Mattison, Zimmerman, MN (US);
Joseph P. Higgins, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Michael J. Grace, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Matthew Saterbak, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Matthew D. Cambronne, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Robert E. Kohler, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., New Brighton, MN (US);
Abstract
The present system is directed in various embodiments to methods, devices and systems for sensing, measuring and evaluating compliance in a bodily conduit. In other embodiments, the methods, devices and systems sense, measure, determine, display and/or interpret compliance in a bodily conduit and/or a lesion within the bodily conduit. In all embodiments, the sensing, measuring, determining, displaying and/or interpreting may occur before, during and/or after a procedure performed within the bodily conduit. An exemplary conduit comprises a blood vessel and an exemplary procedure comprises a vascular procedure such as atherectomy, angioplasty, stent placement and/or biovascular scaffolding.