Introducer sheath with electrodes
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1. An introducer, comprising:
- a sheath for introducing a catheter into a blood vessel at an insertion site;
a plurality of electrodes on the sheath; and
an impedance assessment unit provided on said sheath and connected to said electrodes, said impedance assessment unit includes a power source, a wireless transceiver and is configured to inject one of a known current or known voltage across a first pair of the electrodes and measures the other of the current or voltage across a second pair of electrodes;
wherein the impedance assessment unit is configured to compute an impedance based on the current and voltage and detect a bleed at the insertion site based on the computed impedance;
wherein the impedance assessment unit is configured to transmit a value indicative of the bleed through the wireless transceiver to an external apparatus.
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Abstract
An introducer comprise a sheath for introducing a catheter into a blood vessel, a plurality of electrodes on the sheath, and an impedance assessment unit provided on the sheath and connected to the electrodes. The impedance assessment unit fixes one of a current or voltage across a first pair of the electrodes and measures the other of the current or voltage across a second pair of electrodes.
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1. An introducer, comprising:
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a sheath for introducing a catheter into a blood vessel at an insertion site; a plurality of electrodes on the sheath; and an impedance assessment unit provided on said sheath and connected to said electrodes, said impedance assessment unit includes a power source, a wireless transceiver and is configured to inject one of a known current or known voltage across a first pair of the electrodes and measures the other of the current or voltage across a second pair of electrodes; wherein the impedance assessment unit is configured to compute an impedance based on the current and voltage and detect a bleed at the insertion site based on the computed impedance; wherein the impedance assessment unit is configured to transmit a value indicative of the bleed through the wireless transceiver to an external apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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