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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:
Apr. 19, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Luis Monti-Bloch, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Pherin Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128642 ; 128747 ; 128774 ; 604 35 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to combined neuroepithelial electrode and sample delivery devices which deliver a stimulant to neuroepithelial tissue and measure the bioelectric response of the tissue to the stimulant. Some devices also include an evacuation catheter which removes the stimulant from a subject immediately after stimulation, thereby limiting the locus of stimulated tissue. The invention also relates to methods of using these devices to stimulate and measure the response of neuroepithelial tissue, particularly the neuroepithelial tissue of the human vomeronasal organ.