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US 2007/0191717 A1Published application
Catheter based implanted wireless pressure sensor
AssigneeDrexel University
InventorsArye Rosen, Paul Walinsky
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Abstract
A catheter based implantable wireless pressure sensor and associated electronic circuitry for transmission of hemodynamic status of a subject.
Claims4
An implantable apparatus for measuring hemodynamic status comprising:
- (a) a pressure sensor having an electrical capacitance that varies with pressure;
- (b) a pressure sensing circuitry connected to the pressure sensor for making a measurement of the capacitance of the pressure sensor;
- (c) a wireless transmitter connected to the pressure sensing circuitry for transmitting the measurement of the pressure sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.