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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
James R. Keogh, Maplewood, MN (US);
Timothy R. Ryan, Shorewood, MN (US);
Carol E. Eberhardt, Fullerton, CA (US);
Mark T. Stewart, Minneapolis, MN (US);
James R. Skarda, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Timothy G. Laske, Shoreview, MN (US);
Alexander J. Hill, Blaine, MN (US);
Jack D. Lemmon, St. Paul, MN (US);
David E. Francischelli, Anoka, MN (US);
Medtronics, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for determining whether a medical device is appropriate for implanting into a cardiovascular conduit of a patient is disclosed comprising imaging a first section of the conduit of the patient into which the medical device is to be implanted during a first expanded state occurring at a first portion of a heart rhythm; reimaging the first section of the conduit of the patient during a first contracted state occurring at a second portion of the heart rhythm; deriving, from the imaging and the reimaging, dimensional characteristics of the first section of the conduit; and determining whether the medical device is appropriate for implantation in the first section of conduit based on the derived dimensional characteristics. The first section of the conduit includes a sizing device providing a selected radial force on the patient.