Apparatuses, systems and methods for extravasation detection
US7047058B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 5, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/13
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for the detection of extravasation in an imaging procedure includes at least a first source of energy to supply imaging energy to tissue in the vicinity of a site and at least a first sensor to measure a signal resulting from the energy supplied to the tissue by the first imaging energy source. In preferred embodiment, the energy may be one of X-ray, gamma ray or ultrasound energy.
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