Intravascular blood parameter measurement system
CA 1338176 C · Owner: Maxwell, Thomas P. · Inventors: Maxwell, Thomas P.
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A parameter of blood is sensed in vivo with a system which includes a catheter and a probe. The catheter has a lumen extending therethrough, a proximal end a distal, end and a distal opening at the distal end. The probe includes one or more sensors at its distal end. A saline solution is introduced into the lumen so that there is an interface adjacent the distal opening of the catheter between the blood and saline solution. The probe is received within the catheter and affixed thereto. The interface is moved back and forth in the lumen to expose the sensors to blood so that they can sense the blood parameters of interest.
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- Granted March 26, 1996. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 26, 2013.
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