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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:
May. 14, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2019
Applicant:

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);

Inventors:

Erick Louis Oberstar, Verona, WI (US);

Michael Antonio Speidel, Madison, WI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/0275 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/007 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/507 (2013.01); A61M 5/1408 (2013.01); A61M 5/1452 (2013.01); A61B 5/0263 (2013.01); A61B 5/0275 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2230/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to methods and/or apparatuses involving modifying flow and/or concentration of an agent being injected for characterizing a vascular system. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, a liquid including an agent is injected into a vascular system, by dynamically modulating a flow rate of the agent being injected over a range of flow rates. The vascular system is characterized based on a response of the vascular system to the dynamic modulation. In some implementations, such an approach involves using an injector that operates to separately control the rate at which an agent and other liquid such as saline are injected. These approaches can be implemented with modulation schemes using one or more of a variety of functions.


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