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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:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brady Esch, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Localmed, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128673 ; 128748 ; 128772 ;
Abstract
A guide catheter includes a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end. A pressure or other sensor is disposed at or near the distal end of the body, preferably having an active surface thereof disposed away from the direction of blood flow when the catheter is present in a particular blood vessel, such as the aorta adjacent to a coronary ostium.