MRI medical device markers utilizing fluorine-19.
U.S. patent: 6,574,497
Issued: June 3, 2003
Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
Assigned: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems
Keywords: Medical devices containing fluorine-19 materials contrast agents passive markers in MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. such as catheter, stent, embolic embolic /em·bol·ic/ (em-bol´ik) pertaining to an embolus or to embolism.
em·bol·ic
adj.
1. Relating to, or caused by an embolus or embolism.
2. Relating to emboly. protection device, endovascular graft, endotracheal tube endotracheal tube
n.
A tube inserted into the trachea to provide a passageway for air. Also called tracheal tube.
Endotracheal tube , Foley catheter, Hickman catheter, Broviac catheter, cerebro-spinal fluid shunt, or other interventional medical devices configured from an elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. .
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