Patents Assigned to Diametrics Medical Limited
  • Apparatus and method for determining organ perfusion
    Publication number: 20060178571
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring an analyte comprises a urethral catheter (1), which has positioning means (13) for positioning the catheter within the urethra, and a sensor (19). In use the sensor (19) is held in close proximity to a urethral wall U, permitting monitoring of the analyte level in the urethral wall thereby providing information which may be useful in evaluation of the vita conditions of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: Diametrics Medical Limited
    Inventor: Nicholas Barnett
  • Method of making a kink-resistant catheter
    Patent number: 6702972
    Abstract: A catheter which has resistance to collapsing when bent, and a method for producing such a catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Diametrics Medical Limited
    Inventor: David Reed Markle
  • Cranial bolt
    Patent number: 6623490
    Abstract: A cranial bolt for connecting one or more elongate, flexible members such as catheters with the interior of the skull, wherein the bolt includes a hollow shank having one threaded end and a second end opposite the threaded end for receiving one or more elongate members. Each member is retained in the second end and communicates with a passageway in the shank extending to the threaded end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Diametrics Medical Limited
    Inventors: Barry C. Crane, Michael P. Irvine, David R. Markle
  • Probe
    Patent number: 6585665
    Abstract: A method of positioning a sensor in a human or animal body tissue comprising the steps of: i. providing a flexible stylet capable of penetrating the tissue, ii. providing flexible tubing having a bore capable of receiving separately the stylet and the probe; iii. positioning the stylet received in the tubing in the tissue; iv. removing the stylet; v. inserting the probe in the bore of the tubing; and vi. removing the tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Diametrics Medical Limited
    Inventors: Derek Chapman, Stuart Hendry