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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Inventors:
Fred Lampropoulos, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Tyler David Rees, Draper, UT (US);
Aaron Hopkinson, Herriman, UT (US);
Ahmed A. Hassan, Almere, NL;
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/135 (2006.01); A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/135 (2013.01); A61B 17/1325 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00442 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00907 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00942 (2013.01);
Abstract
Vascular compression devices with an inflatable chamber are disclosed. The inflatable chamber of the vascular compression devices can be inflated and then deflated with a liquid with ultrasound properties similar to biological tissues. Ultrasound waves may be applied to the vascular compression device and may propagate through the vascular compression device and into the biological tissue of the patient to produce an ultrasound image to determine the patency of the vessel.