Magnetic resonance imaging guidewire probe

US6675033B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · US
• Surgi-Vision Inc. · US

Inventors

• Albert C. Lardo · Baldwin, US
• Xiaoming Yang · San Diego, US
• Ergin Atalar · Columbia, US
• Parag V. Karmarkar · Columbia, US
• Elliott R. McVeigh · Potomac, US
• Henry R. Halperin · Baltimore, US
• Christine McNamara · Chelmsford, US
• Paul A. Bottomley · Clifton Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 2000
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/09133
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention describes a system, method, and means for an MRI guidewire that can be visible on an MRI, can act as an antenna and receive MRI signals from surrounding subject matter, and can allow the use of multiple interventional tools without removal of the guidewire from a subject.