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US 6,185,443 B2Granted
Visible display for an interventional device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Corporation
InventorRobert J. Crowley
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Abstract
A display is located on an interventional device insertible into a body. More specifically, the display is located on a distal end of the device and is coupled to a sensing system. The sensing system senses a bodily condition. The display receives the sensed bodily condition and displays a signal indicative of the bodily condition within a pre-existing field of view.
Claims21
An interventional device comprising:
- an elongated member insertible into a body;
- a sensing system disposed in the elongated member at a distal end for sensing a bodily condition, the sensing system including at least one light source and at least one light detector;
- and
- a display located at the distal end of the elongated member for providing a signal indicative of the bodily condition.
1 more element
A method for observing a signal indicative of a bodily condition comprising:
- inserting an interventional device including a sensing system and a display located at a distal end thereof into a body;
- contacting tissue in the body with the interventional device;
- illuminating the tissue;
- detecting a spectral emission from the illuminated tissue to sense a bodily condition therefrom;
- generating a signal indicative of the sensed bodily condition;
- and
- viewing the signal indicative of the sensed bodily condition provided by the display.
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A method for displaying a signal indicative of a bodily condition comprising:
- inserting an interventional device comprising a sensing system and a display located at a distal end thereof into a body;
- manipulating the interventional device to contact a region in the body;
- illuminating the region;
- detecting a spectral emission from the illuminated region for sensing a bodily condition therefrom;
- generating a signal indicative of the sensed bodily condition;
- and
- displaying the signal indicative of the sensed bodily condition on the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.