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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. 11, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
You-Tang Shen, Lansdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128898 ; 514421 ; 514486 ; 600509 ;
Abstract
A method of chronically instrumenting an animal enabling one to simulate congestive heart failure. This invention also relates to method for assessing the effects of a test compound on cardiac function and systemic vascular dynamics.