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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. 05, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2000
Florencia Lim, Union City, CA (US);
Christopher L. Haig, Rhode St. Genese, BE;
Vidya J. Nayak, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joann Heberer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert D. Ainsworth, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a gauging system and method for using the same for determining the size of a lesion within a patient's body prior to stenting the lesion. In one embodiment the gauging system includes a catheter having an elongated shaft with proximal and distal ends, and an outer sheath formed of a compliant material and disposed about at least a portion of the catheter elongated shaft and being slidable over the same. In another embodiment, the gauging system further includes a radially expandable member formed of the same or different compliant material mounted on a distal section of the shaft and has an interior chamber in fluid communication with an inflation lumen extending within at least a portion of a distal shaft section to a location spaced proximally from the shaft distal end.
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