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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. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2004
Applicants:
James H. Silver, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Darius Fredrick Mostowfi, San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventors:
James H. Silver, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Darius Fredrick Mostowfi, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 11/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C25B 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sensor is disclosed, for implantation within a blood vessel to monitor a substance in or property of blood. In one embodiment, the sensor is retrievable. In another embodiment, the sensor has a layer that minimizes the formation of thrombus. A signal representative of the substance in or property of blood is transmitted to an external receiver. In another embodiment, the sensor detects nitric oxide or a nitric oxide metabolite and can be implanted for a period of hours, days, weeks or years. Methods are also disclosed.