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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2007
David R. Stern, Grayson, GA (US);
Jason White, Decatur, GA (US);
Miguel Luis Berr, Santiago, CL;
Kevin Corcoran, Mableton, GA (US);
David R. Stern, Grayson, GA (US);
Jason White, Decatur, GA (US);
Miguel Luis Berr, Santiago, CL;
Kevin Corcoran, Mableton, GA (US);
CardioMEMS, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for measuring pressure within a heart includes the steps of: (1) providing a passive wireless pressure sensor having a characteristic impedance and a deflectable surface, the characteristic impedance changing in response to deflection of the deflectable surface; (2) inserting the sensor to a location within the body of a patient at which the sensor can detect pressure within the heart; (3) affixing the sensor relative to the heart; (4) interrogating the sensor with an electromagnetic field; (5) receiving a signal from the sensor corresponding to a sensed pressure; and (6) leaving the sensor in situ so that future pressure measurements can be made.