Patent ID: 9687174
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A catheter assembly configured to wirelessly communicate with a noninvasive device, the catheter assembly comprising: an invasive portion that is configured to be inserted into an animal; a noninvasive portion, which includes: a sensor which is included in the invasive portion and is operatively coupled to the processor, the sensor being configured to, in response to a magnetic field being directed toward and reaching the sensor, output electric impulses; a tube configured to support the sensor, the tube having an end member which is included in the invasive portion and is configured to be inserted into the animal; an elongated conductor connected to the processor, wherein the connector is between the catheter extension and the tube, and the elongated conductor has a length that extends through the catheter extension, through the connector, and continues through the tube to the sensor; and a memory device which is included in the noninvasive portion, the memory device storing instructions which when executed by the processor, cause the processor, in cooperation with the sensor and the wireless transmitter, to: (a) convert the electric impulses to a series of modulated radio waves; and (b) wirelessly transmit, from the wireless transmitter in the noninvasive portion outside the animal to the noninvasive device, the series of modulated radio waves, the noninvasive device being: