Patent · US Expired

Catheter calibration

US6370411B1 · kind B1 · utility

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42Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1999
Grant dateApr 9, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2090/3983
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A probe assembly (18) for connection to a console (34) including a problem (20) for insertion into the body of a subject and a cable (21) for connecting the problem (20) to the console (34), the problem (20) having distal (22) and proximal ends and including a microcircuit (90) which stores information relating to the probe (20), and the cable (21) including access circuitry for accessing the microcircuit in the probe.

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