Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pressure-sensing implant tools
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Application No.: US17492102Application Date: 2021-10-01
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Publication No.: US11986213B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Vladimir P. Nikolski , Linnea R. Lentz , Amy E. Thompson-Nauman , Teresa A Whitman , Mark T. Marshall
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/34 ; A61M25/00 ; A61N1/05 ; A61B17/32 ; A61M25/01 ; A61N1/39

Abstract:
In some examples, a system includes a medical device comprising an elongate body configured to advance through layers of tissue of a patient, a lumen extending through the elongate body, a fluid line configured to supply fluid to the lumen, and a pressure sensor positioned within the lumen or the fluid line. The system may further include processing circuitry configured to receive, from the pressure sensor, a signal corresponding to the pressure of the fluid at each of a plurality of time points, determine, for each time point: a corresponding amplitude value of the signal, a difference between two amplitude values of the signal, an amplitude oscillation status of the signal, a position of the elongate body based on the difference and the amplitude oscillation status; and provide an indication of the position of the elongate body relative to the layers of tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220015800A1 PRESSURE-SENSING IMPLANT TOOLS Public/Granted day:2022-01-20
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