Interference No. 103,146 Senior Party.3 _____________ ______________ Patent Interference No. 103,146 ______________ FINAL HEARING: May 11, 1999 _______________ Before URYNOWICZ, PATE and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. FINAL DECISION This is a final decision under 37 CFR § 1.658 in Interference No. 103,146. The involved subject matter concerns an external sensor for use in a thermodilution blood flow measuring system. In such a system, a known quantity of cold injectate is delivered by catheter to a patient’s blood vessel. The cold injectate is mixed in the blood vessel with the patient’s own blood flow, and by measuring the temperature 3Application 06/786,999, filed October 15, 1985. Accorded the benefit of Application 06/741,396, filed June 5, 1985, abandoned, and Application 06/399,330, filed July 19, 1982, abandoned. Assignor to Baxter Int'l, Inc. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007