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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2021
Applicant:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Erik V. Mukerjee, Livermore, CA (US);

Jane A. Leopold, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);

Amanda Randles, Durham, NC (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61B 5/4851 (2013.01); A61B 5/6862 (2013.01); A61B 5/6876 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61F 2002/828 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01);
Abstract

A stent apparatus, system, and method that senses wall shear stress by measuring fluid flow at localized areas within the stent, that processes measured information through an integrated circuit, and selectively sends power to mechanically controllable stent surfaces which results in localized geometric changes. In various embodiments the stent apparatus, system, and method sends data to outside the body in real time.


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