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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ronan Rogers, Galway, IE;
Matthew Fleming, Roscommon, IE;
Barry O'Connell, Galway, IE;
Timothy Jones, Galway, IE;
Joshua Hillas, Galway, IE;
David Callanan, Ballybrit, IE;
Michael Takaza, Ballybrit, IE;
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A catheter for measuring a fractional flow reserve includes a proximal shaft, a distal shaft coupled to a distal portion of the proximal shaft, and a pressure sensor coupled to the distal shaft. The proximal shaft includes a distal portion configured to extend through a stenosis in a vessel. The distal portion of the proximal shaft includes a radially expanded configuration having a first diameter and a radially collapsed configuration having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is larger than the second diameter. The distal shaft includes a guidewire lumen configured to receive therein.