BRUCE HILL, LCSW
Social Work at El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA
License number
California LCS6887
Category
Social Work
Type
Clinical
Address
Address
2
795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301
2350 W El Camino Real FLOOR 2ND, Mountain View, CA 94040
2350 W El Camino Real FLOOR 2ND, Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone
(650) 853-4862
Professional information
Ultrasonic Marker For Physiologic Diagnosis And Method Of Using Same
US Patent:
4373532, Feb 15, 1983
Filed:
Jul 7, 1980
Appl. No.:
6/166556
Inventors:
Bruce C. Hill - Palo Alto CA
Roger A. Stern - Palo Alto CA
Roger A. Stern - Palo Alto CA
Assignee:
Palo Alto Medical Research Foundation - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
A61B 1000
US Classification:
128660
Abstract:
For non-invasive diagnosis of conditions subsequent to a medical operative procedure, at the time of operation a "target" is sutured to tissue. Later, by use of an ultrasonic imaging system or other diagnostic instrument, the location of the target can be accurately determined. Thereupon, non-invasive techniques may be used in the target area to determine changes in physiology subsequent to implanting the target. For example, a target consisting of a fused array of small stainless steel balls is sutured to a coronary artery bypass graft. Later, to determine if the bypass graft is patent, by ultrasonic methods the location of the target and hence the bypass graft is determined. Then, using a Doppler-effect flowmeter, flow through the bypass graft may be measured and compared with prior measurements. The marking technique is also believed to be useful in postoperative determination of tumor growth at the locus of said marker.
Bruce Hill, Palo Alto CA - LCSW
Specialties:
Social Work, Clinical Social Work
Address:
795 El Camino Real STE 2, Palo Alto 94301
(650) 853-4862 (Phone)
(650) 853-4862 (Phone)
Languages:
English