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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. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E. Reiss, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
A method for profiling an infusion of a medicament into the wall of an artery involves inserting an intravascular ultrasound device into the artery and advancing it to the location of the infusion. A pullback device withdraws the intravascular ultrasound device from the artery, pausing at predetermined axial sites along the location of the infiltrated medicament to image the infusion profile at each site. A computer then compiles the individual site profiles to produce three dimensional images indicating the extent of infiltration of the medicament into the tissue surrounding the artery.