Physiologic low stress angioplasty
US5496311A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/0002
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods for dilation of a body lumen, using an expandable dilatation catheter to simultaneously heat and apply pressure to tissue of the lumen and to expand and dilate the lumen including means constructed to produce and/or detect physiological response of the heated tissue to applied pressure.
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