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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E Justice, Gloucester, MA (US);
Gene A Grindlinger, Brookline, MA (US);
Herbert B Hechtman, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7343 / ; 128783 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for measuring papillary muscle contractility when subjected to electrical stimulus while immersed in a test bathing liquid includes a test chamber for maintaining the liquid at a controlled temperature and having a membrane for diffusion of oxygen into the liquid, arms for mounting a muscle specimen in the liquid, electrodes for providing an electrical stimulus, and a system for measuring the contractile response of the muscle when subjected to electrical stimulus.