US 11,751,812 B2
Guidewire for imaging and measurement of pressure and other physiologic parameters
Richard J. Linder, Sandy, UT (US); Edwin Meade Maynard, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Scott Kenneth Marland, Bountiful, UT (US); Cory Rex Estes, Mapleton, UT (US); Steven Matthew Quist, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Nathan J. Knighton, Syracuse, UT (US)
Assigned to Xenter, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by XENTER, INC., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,373.
Application 17/578,373 is a continuation of application No. 17/205,964, filed on Mar. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,259,750.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/992,695, filed on Mar. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,960, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133236 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H02J 50/05 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6852 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/02158 (2013.01); A61B 5/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/6851 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); H02J 50/05 (2016.02); H02J 50/402 (2020.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/06 (2013.01); A61B 2562/222 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0183 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method of using a medical device the method comprising:
positioning at least one sensor coupled to a first elongated member within a luminal space of a body, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a pressure sensor;
positioning a second elongated member adjacent a portion of the first elongated member;
translating the second elongated member relative to the at least one sensor;
sensing pressure, using the at least one sensor, during translation of the second elongated member relative to the at least one sensor;
detecting, with the at least one sensor, a change in pressure indicative of a change in position of the second elongated member relative to the at least one sensor; and
transmitting a data signal from the at least one sensor responsive to the second elongate member being translated, the data signal being indicative of the relative location of the second elongated member with respect to the at least one sensor.