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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:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;

Inventors:

Assaf Govari, Haifa, IL;

Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Brea, CA (US);

Athanassios Papaioannou, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1459 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61B 5/0036 (2018.08); A61B 5/0037 (2013.01); A61B 5/0042 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/6868 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02);
Abstract

A medical system includes a probe, an electro-optical measurement unit, and a processor. The probe is configured for insertion into a blood vessel of a brain, and includes two optical fibers, which include each an optical diffuser at distal ends thereof. One fiber is configured to guide an optical signal to a location along the blood vessel and to diffuse the optical signal so as to interact with a brain clot in the blood vessel. The other fiber is configured to collect the diffused optical signal that interacted with the brain clot at another location along the blood vessel. The electro-optical measurement unit is configured to transmit the optical signal to one optical fiber, and to receive and measure the diffused optical signal from the other optical fiber. The processor is configured to identify a composition of the brain clot by analyzing the measured diffused optical signal.


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