LIBRARIES AND DATA STRUCTURES OF MATERIALS REMOVED BY DEBULKING CATHETERS
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1. An article of manufacture, said article comprising:
- a computer readable media having computer executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform an operation comprising;
receiving a set of data fields derived from a patient sample, wherein the set of data fields comprise;
a first value corresponding to a property of a first tissue sample comprising tissue excised from an inner surface of a vascular lumen of a patient, anda second value corresponding to data identifying the patient;
storing the set of data fields;
correlating the first and second values; and
diagnosing the patient.
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Abstract
Material removed by a debulking catheter from a body lumen can be preserved. Materials can be collected from many different patients and/or from multiple procedures on individual patients. Data which describe the properties or qualities of the removed material and/or the patient and/or the patient'"'"'s family or environment can be stored on computer readable media. The stored data can be used to draw correlations, to stratify groups of patients, to provide risk assessments, to provide diagnoses and/or prognoses. Further tests can be done on the stored materials at later times after the procedures have been completed.
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1. An article of manufacture, said article comprising:
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a computer readable media having computer executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform an operation comprising; receiving a set of data fields derived from a patient sample, wherein the set of data fields comprise; a first value corresponding to a property of a first tissue sample comprising tissue excised from an inner surface of a vascular lumen of a patient, and a second value corresponding to data identifying the patient; storing the set of data fields; correlating the first and second values; and diagnosing the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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