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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Edmund J. Roschak, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jeffrey Schwardt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip Stephen Levin, Storrs, CT (US);
Edmund J. Roschak, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jeffrey Schwardt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip Stephen Levin, Storrs, CT (US);
PneumRx, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Minimally invasive systems and methods are described for measuring pulmonary circulation information from the pulmonary arteries. A transbronchial Doppler ultrasound catheter is advanced through the airways and in the vicinity of the pulmonary artery. Doppler ultrasound energy is sent through the airway wall and across the pulmonary artery to obtain velocity information of blood flowing through the artery. The velocity information is used to compute pulmonary circulation information including but not limited to flowrate.