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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Jessica G Chiu, Belmont, CA (US);
Barabara E. Stamberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Dagmar Bettina Beyerlein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica G Chiu, Belmont, CA (US);
Barabara E. Stamberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Dagmar Bettina Beyerlein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including a device such as a catheter or guidewire having dimensions suitable for percutaneous delivery to a patient; and a magnetic resonance (MR) compatible antenna associated with the device in a manner that provides a prescribed radial and/or longitudinal orientation of the antenna at a point of interest within a blood vessel of a patient. An antenna suitable for radial and/or longitudinal orientation. A method including inserting a medical device having an antenna capable of transmitting radio frequency signals in a blood vessel of a patient and radially and/or longitudinally orienting the antenna at a point of interest within a blood vessel of a patient.