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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mahdi Ahmadi, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Rajesh Rajamani, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Gerald Timm, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/0492 (2006.01); A61B 5/0488 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/205 (2013.01); A61B 5/0492 (2013.01); A61B 5/04882 (2013.01); A61B 5/6853 (2013.01); A61B 5/7203 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0261 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/043 (2013.01); A61B 2562/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pressure sensing catheter system includes a urethral catheter and a sensor array formed on the urethral catheter. The sensor array includes a plurality of pressure sensors distributed along a length of the urethral catheter. The sensor array is configured to produce a dynamic pressure distribution profile along a urethra.