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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ramji T. Venkatasubramanian, Maplewood, MN (US);
Chad Joshua Green, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02028 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 5/4851 (2013.01); A61B 5/6847 (2013.01); A61B 5/6869 (2013.01); A61F 2/2496 (2013.01); A61B 2562/028 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve, the sensing device including an elongated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a sensing body coupled to the distal end of the shaft, the sensing body being adapted to fit within a native valve annulus and at least one microelectromechanical sensor attached to the sensing body, the at least one sensing body being capable of measuring a property of tissue.