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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:
May. 20, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald E Laughlin, West Branch, IA (US);
Robert F Wilson, Iowa City, IA (US);
Thomas A Drews, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128663 ;
Abstract
The cardiac catheter of this invention combines in a single, thin tube, an acoustic transducer for determining blood flow velocity, and a separate lumen with a removable, flexible, radio-opaque guide wire, enabling the surgeon to locate the site of arterial blockage, evaluate the blockage, and assess the effect of the treatment.