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Electrocardiac instrument for testing unborn infants

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-07-10
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Granted: 1967-06-20
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Expires: 1984-07-10
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 James J Egan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 03:51
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/43; A61B5/4306; A61B5/4343; A61B5/4362; A61B5/24; A61B5/25; A61B5/279; A61B5/28; A61B5/283; A61B5/288; A61B5/316; A61B5/318; A61B5/321; A61B5/324

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 114 words
AN ELECTROCARDIAC INSTRUMENT FOR INTRAUTERINE USE IN TESTING UNBORN INFANTS, SAID INSTRUMENT COMPRISING; AN ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBER; AT LEAST TWO INFLATABLE MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND SPACED APART BY A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE; ELECTRODE MEANS ON EACH OF SAID INFLATABLE MEANS; ELECTRICAL CONNECTION MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ATTACHING SAID INSTRUMENT TO AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM APPARATUS; AND MEANS FOR INFLATING EACH OF SAID INFLATABLE MEANS WITHIN AN INTRAUTERINE LOCATION TO BRING SAID ELECTRODE MEANS INTO CONTACT WITH AN INFANT THEREIN FOR OBTAINING AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM TRACING FROM SAID INFANT; AND SAID ELECTRODE MEANS THUS CONTACTING SAID INFANT AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON SAID INFANT WITH SAID DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BEING SPACED APART BY SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 114 words
AN ELECTROCARDIAC INSTRUMENT FOR INTRAUTERINE USE IN TESTING UNBORN INFANTS, SAID INSTRUMENT COMPRISING; AN ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBER; AT LEAST TWO INFLATABLE MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND SPACED APART BY A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE; ELECTRODE MEANS ON EACH OF SAID INFLATABLE MEANS; ELECTRICAL CONNECTION MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ATTACHING SAID INSTRUMENT TO AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM APPARATUS; AND MEANS FOR INFLATING EACH OF SAID INFLATABLE MEANS WITHIN AN INTRAUTERINE LOCATION TO BRING SAID ELECTRODE MEANS INTO CONTACT WITH AN INFANT THEREIN FOR OBTAINING AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM TRACING FROM SAID INFANT; AND SAID ELECTRODE MEANS THUS CONTACTING SAID INFANT AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON SAID INFANT WITH SAID DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BEING SPACED APART BY SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE.

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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-06-19 1978-12-19 1979-06-20 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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