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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Trevor James Plassman, Bloomington, IN (US);
Tyler Patrick Turk, Greenwood, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 13/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/08 (2012.01); G01B 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 5/6853 (2013.01); E21B 47/08 (2013.01); G01B 5/12 (2013.01); G01B 13/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Sizing an internal body structure in a patient includes guiding a sizing mechanism via a wire guide to a target location within the internal body structure, inflating a balloon of the sizing mechanism at the target location, and injecting a contrast fluid into the internal body structure. The inflated balloon blocks a flow of the injected contrast fluid to indicate that a size of the inflated balloon is accordant with a size of the body structure. Related apparatus is also disclosed.