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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2008
Applicant:
David Ziv, Merom Ha-Galil, IL;
Inventor:
David Ziv, Merom Ha-Galil, IL;
Assignee:
Elcam Medical Agricultural Cooperative, Merom Ha-Galil, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0215 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for accurate placement of a catheter tip in a patient, the system including a catheter adapted for placement within a patient, the catheter having a tip at a distal end thereof and having a proximal end which is normally located outside of the patient, a pressure sensor adapted to sense pressure at the tip of the catheter and catheter tip placement location indicating circuitry operative in response to at least an output of the pressure sensor for indicating the location of the catheter tip in the patient.