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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael Rosenberg, Eagan, MN (US);
Sean Lester Moen, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Jafar Golzarian, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); B82Y 99/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/6862 (2013.01); A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61B 5/02158 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0462 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/12 (2013.01); A61B 2562/18 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2002/072 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8486 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0043 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); B82Y 99/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vascular graft includes deformable sleeves that include an electrical component. The electrical component can be variable-resistance or piezoelectric, in embodiments, such that deformation of the sleeves due to pressure changes create or modify an electrical signal. A transponder can then transmit information relating to the pressure inside and outside of the vascular graft.