Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid flow measurement systems and methods
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Application No.: US13902224Application Date: 2013-05-24
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Publication No.: US11109766B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Robert F. Wilson , Edward R. Miller , Sidney Donald Nystrom , Kendall R. Waters
- Applicant: ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Assignee: ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Agency: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B5/027
- IPC: A61B5/027 ; A61B8/06 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B5/026 ; A61B5/107 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B8/00 ; A61M5/00 ; A61B5/0205 ; A61B5/0275 ; A61M5/142 ; A61M5/168

Abstract:
This disclosure provides systems and methods for measuring fluid flow in a vasculature system of a patient. Some systems may include an injection system configured to inject a bolus of fluid into a vessel of a patient. Some systems may include a measurement engine configured to monitor the bolus of fluid in the vessel using measurement data generated by an intravascular measuring device. The measurement engine may determine a travel distance of the bolus of fluid and an elapsed time during which the bolus of fluid traversed the travel distance based on the measurement data. A fluid flow rate (e.g., velocity, volumetric flow) of the vessel may be calculated using the travel distance and the elapsed time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130317359A1 FLUID FLOW MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2013-11-28
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