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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Makaha Medical, Llc., Pottstown, PA (US);
Inventor:
Marc-Alan Levine, Pottstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Makaha Medical, LLC., Pottstown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/1459 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); A61B 5/1126 (2013.01); A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61B 5/14539 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 5/6851 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 17/2202 (2013.01); A61B 8/0833 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00035 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical system and method for density assessment utilizing ultrasound. The system includes a guidewire configured and dimensioned for insertion in the vessel of the patient, a sensor positioned at the distal portion of the elongated member and a connector connecting the elongated member to an indicator, the sensor determining the density and the indicator providing an indication of the determined density.