The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Marc Jensen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Todd Thompson, San Jose, CA (US);
Olivier Colliou, Los Gatos, CA (US);
George M. Savage, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Mark J. Zdeblick, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Jeremy Frank, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lawrence W. Arne, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert White, Stanford, CA (US);
Marc Jensen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Todd Thompson, San Jose, CA (US);
Olivier Colliou, Los Gatos, CA (US);
George M. Savage, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Mark J. Zdeblick, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Jeremy Frank, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lawrence W. Arne, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert White, Stanford, CA (US);
Proteus Biomedical, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for evaluating motion of a cardiac tissue location, e.g., heart wall, are provided. In the subject methods, timing of a signal obtain from a strain gauge stably associated with the tissue location of interest is employed to evaluate movement of the cardiac tissue location. Also provided are systems, devices and related compositions for practicing the subject methods. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of different applications, including cardiac resynchronization therapy.