Patents Assigned to St. Jude Medical Coordination Center BVBA
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Patent number: 9826902Abstract: A sensor guide wire device (200) for intravascular measurements of a physiological variable in a living body is disclosed. The sensor guide wire (200) may comprise a sensor element (213) and a connector unit (220). The connector unit (220) is attachable to a signal converting device (310). The sensor element (213) provides the signal converting device (310) with a signal indicative of a physiological variable sensed by the sensor element (213). Furthermore, the connector unit (220) comprises a battery (222). A system (300) comprising the sensor guide wire device (200) and the signal converting device (310) is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Ulrik Hübinette
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Publication number: 20170266417Abstract: A guide wire configured for intravascular insertion includes a core wire having a flattened portion configured to allow the core wire to preferentially bend in at least one plane that passes through a longitudinal axis of the core wire. A distal most end of the flattened portion is spaced from a distal most end of the core wire. The guide wire may further include a sensor element configured to measure a physiological variable in a living body and a coil surrounding a portion of the core wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventors: Sara SUNDLER, Michael S. Morrissey
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Patent number: 9763672Abstract: A femoral compression device (11) for compressing a femoral artery (12) of a patient, having a base plate (13) provided with two opposing extensions, each of the two opposing extensions having a member for affixing a belt (14), which is adapted to be arranged around a patient's body, an inflatable air cushion (15), provided with a back plate (19), for compressive bearing against a puncture site, and a pump (16) connected to the inflatable air cushion for inflation of the air cushion. The femoral compression device further comprises a spacer (18) having a height and being adapted to be mounted between the inflatable air cushion and the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Tobias Adenmark
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Patent number: 9763670Abstract: The invention relates to a compression unit adapted to be arranged around a patient's forearm to provide pressure to a radial artery puncture site, wherein the compression unit comprises a unit attachment band provided with a frame, and a compression element in the shape of an inflatable bladder, the compression element is further adapted to be arranged within said frame, such that when the compression unit is arranged around a patient's forearm, the compression element provides pressure to the puncture wound when the compression element is inflated. The invention also relates to a radial artery compression system.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventors: Björn Atthoff, Erik Hansson, Fredrik Preinitz, Fredrik Mahlin
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Patent number: 9763622Abstract: A sensor element comprises a sensor section comprising a sensor unit configured to measure a physiological variable or any other signal in a living body and to generate a sensor signal in response to the variable or other signal, and a bond section comprising contact members configured to electrically connect at least one signal transmitting microcable. The bond section is coated with an electrically insulating material and the sensor unit is left uncoated. The sensor element may further comprise an intermediate section between the sensor section and the bond section. The intermediate section includes electric connection lines configured to connect the contact members to the sensor unit. The intermediate section is also coated with the electrically insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Shawn Boye
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Publication number: 20170188954Abstract: The present invention relates to an extracorporeale interface unit (8), for an intravascular measurement system for measuring at least one physiological, or other, variable in a living body, adapted to generate a sensor signal in response of the variable. The interface unit (8) comprises a sensor interface circuitry (6) adapted to interface a sensor wire configured to be inserted into the living body and provided with one or many sensor element(s) at its distal region. The sensor interface circuitry (6) comprises a measurement unit (9) adapted to generate the measured data of the variable as a sensor signal. The interface unit (8) further comprises a control unit (1) adapted to control and supervise the different functions of the interface unit (8), wherein the different functions are performed by predefined tasks (T1, T2, . . ., Tn) during consecutive control periods CP having the same time duration. During each task (T1, T2, . . . Tn) a predefined function of the interface unit (8) is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Magnus SAMUELSSON
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Publication number: 20170135681Abstract: Insertion tool for a medical closure device for the sealing of an opening in a wall of a bodily organ, comprising a tamping force source adapted to deliver a first member to a position at the opening on one side of the wall subsequently to a second member being positioned at the opening on the opposite side of the wall. The tamping force source, which is energized prior to the tamping procedure, can be a spring, an elastic band or a pressurized gas container. A tamping spring can be compressed or extended upon loading. The tamping force source can be released in response to a manual operation or be triggered by retraction of the insertion tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: ST.JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Dan AKERFELDT
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Publication number: 20170128140Abstract: A measurement system may comprise a sensor wire and a transceiver unit. The sensor wire may comprise an insertable portion configured to be inserted in a blood vessel of a patient's body and two sensors disposed within the insertable portion at a distal end of the sensor wire. The sensors are configured to measure a parameter when inserted inside the patient. The transceiver unit may comprise: a housing adapted to be connected to a proximal end of the sensor wire; and a first communication module within the housing adapted to wirelessly communicate by a communication signal with an external second communication module in order to transfer information to the external second communication module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventors: Magnus SAMUELSSON, SauIi TULKKI
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Patent number: 9592009Abstract: The present invention relates to an extracorporeale interface unit (8), for an intravascular measurement system for measuring at least one physiological, or other, variable in a living body, adapted to generate a sensor signal in response of the variable. The interface unit (8) comprises a sensor interface circuitry (6) adapted to interface a sensor wire configured to be inserted into the living body and provided with one or many sensor element(s) at its distal region. The sensor interface circuitry (6) comprises a measurement unit (9) adapted to generate the measured data of the variable as a sensor signal. The interface unit (8) further comprises a control unit (1) adapted to control and supervise the different functions of the interface unit (8), wherein the different functions are performed by predefined tasks (T1, T2 . . . TN) during consecutive control periods CP having the same time duration.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Magnus Samuelsson
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Patent number: 9585566Abstract: A measurement system may comprise a sensor wire and a transceiver unit. The sensor wire may comprise an insertable portion configured to be inserted in a blood vessel of a patient's body and a sensor disposed within the insertable portion at a distal end of the sensor wire. The sensor is configured to measure a parameter when inserted inside the patient. The transceiver unit may comprise: a housing adapted to be connected to a proximal end of the sensor wire; and a first communication module within the housing adapted to wirelessly communicate by a communication signal with an external second communication module in order to transfer information to the external second communication module.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventors: Magnus Samuelsson, Sauli Tulkki
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Patent number: 9585645Abstract: An insertion tool for a medical closure device for the sealing of an opening in a wall of a bodily organ includes a tamping force source adapted to deliver a first member to a position at the opening on one side of the wall subsequently to a second member being positioned at the opening on the opposite side of the wall. The tamping force source, which is energized prior to the tamping procedure, can be a spring, an elastic band or a pressurized gas container. A tamping spring can be compressed or extended upon loading. The tamping force source can be released in response to a manual operation or be triggered by retraction of the insertion tool.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Dan Akerfeldt
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Patent number: 9584135Abstract: An interface to connect sensor equipment and a physiological monitor includes a first connector to receive power from a first channel of the monitor and a second connector to receive power from a second channel of the monitor. The power from each of the first and second channels of the monitor is combined within the interface. The interface further includes a third connector to provide the combined power to the sensor equipment; a voltage converter to rescale the voltage of the combined power that is provided to the sensor equipment; and a scaling circuit to reduce the voltage of a signal representing a measured physiological parameter. The signal representing the measured physiological parameter is sent from the sensor equipment to the monitor. The interface is advantageous to allow sensor equipment to be sufficiently powered by a monitor that would not typically provide enough power.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventors: Mattias Tullberg, Mattias Dahlberg
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Patent number: 9566418Abstract: A sensor guide wire for an intravascular measurement of a physiological variable in a living body includes a sensor region in a distal part of the sensor guide wire, a sensor element arranged in the sensor region, a male connector at a proximal part of the sensor guide wire, a least one electrical micro-cable connecting the male connector to the sensor element, and an elongated guide wire body arranged between the sensor region and the male connector. The at least one electrical micro-cable extends essentially helically around the guide wire body along the length of at least a part of the guide wire.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Pär Von Malmborg
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Patent number: 9526454Abstract: A sensor guide wire for an intravascular measurement of at least one physiological or other variable in a living body may have a proximal region, a distal sensor region, and a tip region. The sensor guide wire may further comprise a sensor element arranged in the sensor region, and comprising a sensor portion for measuring the variable and to generate a sensor signal in response to the variable. Furthermore, a core wire, having a longitudinal axis A, and comprising at least a tip core wire portion, extends essentially along the tip region of the sensor guide wire. The tip core wire portion may further comprise a distal tip. At least a major part of the tip core wire portion is provided with a polymer layer essentially enclosing the at least major part. The distal tip of the tip core wire portion may further comprise an enlargement.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventors: Lisa Mellin, Karin Törne
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Publication number: 20160287178Abstract: A sensor guide wire for an intravascular measurement of a physiological variable in a living body includes a sensor element configured to measure the physiological variable, and a proximal tube comprising a first material having a first Young's modulus and a second material having a second Young's modulus. The second Young's modulus is higher than the first Young's modulus. The second material is configured to improve torqueability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventors: Sathees RANGANATHAN, Anna NORLIN-WEISSENRIEDER
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Publication number: 20160262698Abstract: A sensor guide wire for an intravascular measurement of a physiological variable in a living body, may comprise a proximal tube portion; a distal end portion; and a sensor element configured to measure the physiological variable based on exposure to fluid in the living body. The sensor guide wire may further comprise a mounting structure supporting the sensor element in a freely suspended manner in a lumen within the sensor guide wire and/or a cylindrical-shaped jacket forming an interior space housing the sensor element and extending from a distal end of the proximal tube portion to a proximal end of the distal end portion in which the outer circumferential wall of the jacket includes a plurality of slots located between at least one aperture of the outer circumferential wall and one of the distal and proximal ends of the jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Fredrik MAHLIN
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Publication number: 20160249821Abstract: A guide wire for biological pressure measurement includes a tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the guide wire; and a pressure sensor for biological pressure measurement, at least a portion of the pressure sensor being mounted within the tube. The pressure sensor comprises a pressure sensor membrane facing a top side of the tube. A circumferential wall of the tube includes at least six openings: a first distal opening, a second distal opening located on a right side of the tube, a third distal opening located on a left side of the tube, a first proximal opening, a second proximal opening located on a right side of the tube, and a third proximal opening located on a left side of the tube. The first distal opening is larger than the second and third distal openings, and the first proximal opening is larger than the second and third proximal openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventors: Shawn BOYE, Fredrik MAHLIN, Stefan TIENSUU, Niklas BORG, Johan MATTSSON, Johan GRUNDIN, Mats HILMERSSON, Christian SPRINGE, Sara SUNDLER, Dean HACKER, Ryan CEREPAK
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Publication number: 20160220187Abstract: A sensor element comprises a sensor section comprising a sensor unit configured to measure a physiological variable or any other signal in a living body and to generate a sensor signal in response to the variable or other signal, and a bond section comprising contact members configured to electrically connect at least one signal transmitting microcable. The bond section is coated with an electrically insulating material and the sensor unit is left uncoated. The sensor element may further comprise an intermediate section between the sensor section and the bond section. The intermediate section includes electric connection lines configured to connect the contact members to the sensor unit. The intermediate section is also coated with the electrically insulating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Shawn BOYE
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Publication number: 20160218720Abstract: An interface to connect sensor equipment and a physiological monitor includes a first connector to receive power from a first channel of the monitor and a second connector to receive power from a second channel of the monitor. The power from each of the first and second channels of the monitor is combined within the interface. The interface further includes a third connector to provide the combined power to the sensor equipment; a voltage converter to rescale the voltage of the combined power that is provided to the sensor equipment; and a scaling circuit to reduce the voltage of a signal representing a measured physiological parameter. The signal representing the measured physiological parameter is sent from the sensor equipment to the monitor. The interface is advantageous to allow sensor equipment to be sufficiently powered by a monitor that would not typically provide enough power.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventors: Mattias TULLBERG, Mattias DAHLBERG
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Publication number: 20160183798Abstract: An eavesdropping arrangement for acquiring a measured physiological variable of an individual includes a receiver and a communication interface in a housing separate from the receiver. The communication interface is positioned along a communication link between a first sensor, which is configured to measure aortic blood pressure and to provide a signal representing measured aortic blood pressure, and a central monitoring device configured to monitor the measured aortic blood pressure. The communication interface includes a connection to the communication link that permits the communication interface to eavesdrop on the signal representing measured aortic blood pressure such that information representing measured aortic blood pressure is sent to the receiver while allowing the central monitoring device to receive and use the signal representing measured aortic blood pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: St. Jude Medical Coordination Center BVBAInventors: Ulrik HÜBINETTE, Magnus Samuelsson