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Apparatus and method for measuring cardiac output

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-05-26
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Granted: 1967-10-17
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Expires: 1984-05-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Brandon L Adams

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-22 16:36
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/02; A61B5/026; A61B5/0265; A61B5/027

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 99 words
AN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CARDIAC OUTPUT, COMPRISING A CARDIAC CATHETER FOR INSERTION INTO A BLOOD VESSEL IN WHICH THE FLOW OF BLOOD IS TO BE MEASURED, A PROBE SLIDABLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CATHETER AND COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED APART ELECTRODES AT AN END OF SAID CATHETER, MEANS WITHIN SAID CATHETER FOR SPACING SAID ELECTRODES FURHER APART AS SAID PROBE IS ADVANCED OUTWARDLY OF SAID CATHETER END, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THROUGH THE BLOOD VESSEL IN WHICH THE BLOOD FLOW IS TO BE MEASURED WHEREBY THE FLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH SAID MAGNETIC FIELD WILL INDUCED AND EMF
Claim 2
Independent Claim 99 words
AN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CARDIAC OUTPUT, COMPRISING A CARDIAC CATHETER FOR INSERTION INTO A BLOOD VESSEL IN WHICH THE FLOW OF BLOOD IS TO BE MEASURED, A PROBE SLIDABLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CATHETER AND COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED APART ELECTRODES AT AN END OF SAID CATHETER, MEANS WITHIN SAID CATHETER FOR SPACING SAID ELECTRODES FURHER APART AS SAID PROBE IS ADVANCED OUTWARDLY OF SAID CATHETER END, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THROUGH THE BLOOD VESSEL IN WHICH THE BLOOD FLOW IS TO BE MEASURED WHEREBY THE FLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH SAID MAGNETIC FIELD WILL INDUCED AND EMF

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