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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2018
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Trevor Huang, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Charlene Yuan, Plymouth, MN (US);
Tessy Kanayinkal, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods to analyze blood or other fluid sample. The systems and methods utilize bi-directional magnetic forces to push or pull a magnetic object along a post in a chamber housing the fluid sample both before and after clot initiation has been implicated. The magnetic object can be threadably connected to the post. In other embodiments, the chamber is configured such that the magnetic object does not rotate but only slides along the post. Once a clot has been detected, the washer can be moved either up or down to apply either compressive force or strain within the clot, as desired, to evaluate elastic properties or firmness of the clot.