Published March 5, 2009 | Version v1
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Devices, systems and methods to detect endothelialization of implantable medical devices

Description

An implantable medical device including a radially-expandable body and an attached detection device. The detection device includes a sensor positioned on a surface of the radially-expandable body and configured to detect endothelialization of the surface. The detection device also includes a transmitter and a receiver. Systems incorporating the implantable medical device and methods of using the device are also disclosed.

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Identifiers

Patent application number
US 20366708 A
Patent number
US 2009/0062900 A1
Other
oai:uchicago.tind.io:7738

Dates

Patent filed
2008-09-03

UChicago Information

Division(s)
Biological Sciences Division
Department(s)
Medicine, Surgery