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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Autonomix Medical, Inc., Ivyland, PA (US);
Inventor:
Landy Toth, Ivyland, PA (US);
Assignee:
Autonomix Medical, Inc., Ivyland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2018/00077 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00273 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00571 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
Smart torquers are provided. Aspects of the smart torquers include: an engager for releasably engaging an elongated intravascular device; a communications module; a contact associated with the engager and configured to communicatively contact an elongated intravascular device engaged by the engager with the communications module; and a manipulator configured to allow a user to torque an elongated intravascular device engaged by the engager. Aspects of the invention further include methods of using the smart torquers, as well as systems and kits employed in such methods.