Abstract: A coronary stent with one or more side ports that pierce the arterial wall to provide direct blood flow to the adjacent myocardium while simultaneously supporting the stented artery.
Abstract: In order to test whether a diamond has had a layer of synthetic diamond deposited thereon, it is irradiated with high energy ultraviolet radiation to cause emission of luminescence, the luminescence intensity produced by different zones of the diamond being measured and compared. In one embodiment an integrating enclosure (15) is used and the diamond (13) is mounted on a rotatable mount (14).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 1998
Date of Patent:
January 11, 2000
Assignee:
Gersan Establishment
Inventors:
Christopher Mark Welbourn, Martin Phillip Smith, James Gordon Charters Smith, Paul Martyn Spear, Philip Maurice Martineau, Martin Cooper