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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:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Michael K. Campbell, Hoover, AL (US);
William F. Kuester, Iii, Blaine, MN (US);
Daniel L. Mooradian, Eagan, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael K. Campbell, Hoover, AL (US);
William F. Kuester, III, Blaine, MN (US);
Daniel L. Mooradian, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vascular coupler adapted to be fixed into position upon a blood vessel and there retain and position a matable sensing device. In a preferred embodiment, the vascular coupler is an anastomotic coupler and the sensing device comprises an ultrasonic Doppler probe.