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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:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel M Lafontaine, Plymouth, MN (US);
Dnyanesh Talpade, Plymouth, MN (US);
Roger N Hastings, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600585 ; 600488 ; 600486 ;
Abstract
A guide wire that is capable of sensing the phasic pressure at the distal end of the guide wire. The guide wire has a central lumen which provides a non-compliant fluid path from the distal end of the guide wire to a pressure transducer at the proximal end of the guide wire.