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Catheter with pressure sensor

US4718425A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 1986
Grant dateJan 12, 1988
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2006

Classification

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

Abstract

A catheter equipped with a pressure sensor, which is composed of a fine insertion tube provided with the pressure sensor at the tip thereof and having sufficient stiffness to permit its insertion into and through a blood vessel and a fine and flexible guide tube connected to the fine insertion tube.

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