Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1993-02-01
1994-05-24
Jaworski, Francis
Surgery
Truss
Pad
A61B 812
Patent
active
053139496
ABSTRACT:
A catheter is provided for insertion into the blood vessel of a patient for ultrasonically imaging the vessel wall. The catheter includes a tubular element and an internally housed drive cable for effecting a circumferential scan about the catheter of an ultrasonic generating means. Both the tubular element and the drive cable are of a size and flexibility sufficient to permit their introduction into the vessel and subsequent advancement through the vessel to the location of the vessel wall where imaging is desired.
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