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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Curt Kranz, Berlin, DE;
Max Schaldach, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 3/700 ;
Abstract
A catheter ( ′″), in particular for insertion into blood vessels of the human body, having at least one sensor ( ) which is arranged at the distal end ( ) of the catheter ( ′″) and which is adapted to pick up a spacing signal which is dependent on the spacing of the sensor ( ) with respect to the vessel wall, and control means ( ″) which are connected to the sensor for taking over the spacing signal.