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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Theraclion SA, Malakoff, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Theraclion SA, Malakoff, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of localizing and preferably visualizing a vein within a limb, preferably within a leg, of a patient, with an imaging device. The method includes the following steps of: fully or partially collapsing at least a segment of the vein to be localized at a collapsing site during a collapsing step; inducing blood flow within the vein at the collapsing site, while the segment of the vein is fully or partially collapsed, during a pumping step; and visualizing the collapsing site with the imaging device in an imaging step, at least during the pumping step.