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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Milestone Scientific Inc., Roseland, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Mark N. Hochman, Lake Success, NY (US);
Richard K. Buck, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC, INC., Roseland, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/0261 (2013.01); A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 5/7246 (2013.01); A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61M 25/0105 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/6826 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0003 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method to enable clinicians to verify needle or catheter location within an anatomic site by relying upon combined sensing of two signals, such as a pressure signal and a heart rate pulse signal, in which the detection of a correlation between both signals is identified to confirm location of the needle or catheter.