Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for improving diagnoses

US6577887B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 13, 2001
Grant dateJun 10, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 3, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/702
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The apparatus and method alters the intravenous delivery of pharmaceuticals to enhance imaging of the vasculature of an animal. The apparatus includes a pressure-inducing component that is sized to attach circumferentially to an extremity of an animal thereby impeding arterial blood flow causing said pharmaceuticals to remain at selected levels within the vasculature.

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