Device, system, and method for detecting and localizing...

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A61B 5/103 (2006.01) A61B 5/02 (2006.01) A61B 5/117 (2006.01)

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CA 2513274

The present invention is of system, device, and method for detecting and localizing obstruction in a blood vessel (110). More particularly, the present invention is of a balloon catheter (201) having an expandable balloon (200) which comprises a plurality of strain gauges (202a,b,c;212a,b,c;222a,b,c) operable to report relative degrees of expansion of local portions of a wall of the expandable balloon (200). Incomplete expansion of a local portion of the balloon (200), under common pressure within the balloon (200), indicates presence of an obstruction, such as a region of plaque, within the blood vessel (110).

L'invention concerne un système, un dispositif et une méthode de détection et de localisation d'une obstruction dans un vaisseau sanguin. L'invention concerne en particulier un cathéter à ballonnet présentant un ballonnet dilatable comprenant une pluralité de tensiomètres, permettant de rapporter des degrés relatifs de dilatation de parties locales d'une paroi du ballonnet dilatable. La dilatation incomplète d'une partie locale du ballonnet, sous une pression commune à l'intérieur du ballonnet, indique la présence d'une obstruction, notamment une zone de plaque, à l'intérieur du vaisseau sanguin.

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