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Apparatus and method of characterising a narrowing in a fluid filled tube

US11179042B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MEDSOLVE LIMITED · GB

Inventors

Helen Davies · London, GB
Justin Davies · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 6, 2012
Grant date	Nov 23, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 13, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2025/0002
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method for characterising a narrowing in a fluid filled tube, the system comprising: a probe having a first measurement sensor to take an instantaneous measurement at different locations along the tube; a mechanism to draw the probe through the tube; a position measure to provide location data relating to the location at which a respective instantaneous measurement is taken by the first measurement sensor; a processor to calculate, from the instantaneous measurements, a characteristic of the tube at different locations along the tube.

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