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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:
Feb. 14, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mervyn Singer, London, GB;
Assignee:
Biomedical Sensors Ltd., High Wycombe, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; A61B / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
20415317 ; 20415316 ; 20415312 ; 204415 ; 128635 ; 128639 ; 604 96 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for the determination and continuous monitoring of bladder epithelial oxygen (pbO.sub.2) which comprises, in combination, an introductory catheter with an inflatable placement cuff and an oxygen sensor, wherein the sensor is completely accommodated within the catheter when not in use and, when the apparatus is placed within a patient's bladder, the sensor is adapted to be deployed so that the distal end of the sensor passes through an open port in the distal wall of the catheter and extends beyond the tip of the catheter to rest against the wall of the bladder; and a method for the continuous monitoring of pbO.sub.2 using such apparatus.