Patent · US Expired

Intravascular imaging detector

US7328058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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37References

18Claims

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Assignee

Gamma Medica-Ideas, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jan S. Iwanczyk · Los Angeles, US
Bradley E. Patt · San Fernando, US
Edward J. Hoffman · Hong Kong, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 3, 2001
Grant date	Feb 5, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 8, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/161
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for intravascular imaging to detect and characterize early-stage, unstable coronary arty plaques. The detector works by identifying and localizing plaque-binding beta-emitting radiopharmaceuticals.

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