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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Vasamed, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Paulita M. LaPlante, Inner Grove Heights, MN (US);
Daniel J. Bartnik, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Rose A. Griffith, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
VASAMED, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a system for assessing the severity and stage of PAD including at least one sensor that measures skin perfusion pressure; a knowledge base that provides data on lower extremity angiosomes; and a processing device in operable communication with the sensor and the knowledge base, the processing device that outputs a visual representation of at least one of the lower extremity angiosomes that guides the sensor in the mapping of a testing site relative to a target vessel where the skin perfusion pressure measurement will be taken.