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Abstract

Medical devices and methods for deriving an indication of occlusion of a blood vessel from one or more physiologic sensor are disclosed. The physiological parameters contemplated for implementation in accordance with embodiments of the disclosure may include pressure, flow, force, temperature, or tension.An exemplary device comprises a catheter having an expandable chamber coupled to a distal end portion of the catheter shaft. In various embodiments, one or more physiologic sensors may be disposed on the catheter shaft and electrically coupled to control electronics that may be provided in a console for measurement of a physiologic signal. Alternatively, an external sensor may be disposed in fluid communication with a lumen of the catheter to derive a physiological parameter such as pressure via mechanical coupling of pressure distal to the expandable chamber to the fluid in the lumen.The parameters measured by the physiologic sensor(s) provide a measure of the physiological parameters in at least a first region. The physiological parameter measured in the first region is evaluated to obtain an indication of occlusion distal to the expandable chamber. In other embodiments, measurements of the physiological parameters may be performed in the first region and a second region to derive differential measurements that are evaluated to obtain an indication of occlusion.

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