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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Ghassan S. Kassab, Zionsville, IN (US);
Hans Gregersen, Hornslet, DK;
Mohamed Reza Movahed, Irvine, CA (US);
Ghassan S. Kassab, Zionsville, IN (US);
Hans Gregersen, Hornslet, DK;
Mohamed Reza Movahed, Irvine, CA (US);
Electro-Cat, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for measuring cross-sectional areas in luminal organs. In at least one embodiment of a method for measuring a size parameter of a targeted treatment site of the present disclosure, the method comprises the steps of introducing an impedance device into a treatment site, the impedance device selected from the group consisting of an impedance catheter and an impedance wire; injecting a first solution of a first compound having a first conductivity into the treatment site; measuring a first conductance value at the treatment site using the impedance device, the first conductance value indicative of a bolus of the first solution, and calculating a size parameter of the treatment site based in part upon the first conductivity of the first solution, the first conductance.