Drive shaft for acoustic imaging catheters and flexible catheter

Details Drive shaft for acoustic imaging catheters and flexible catheter Drive shaft for acoustic imaging catheters and flexible catheter

1997-01-08

1999-08-03

Ip, Sikyin

Metal treatment

Process of modifying or maintaining internal physical...

Heating or cooling of solid metal

29450, 29451, 604 96, 604281, 604282, C21D 1000

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059320354

ABSTRACT:
A shaft is shown having inner and outer members in interfering contact along their length, at least one of which comprises a wire, at least a portion of which is superelastic, to achieve substantial mechanical fidelity and resistance to damage. An ultrasound imaging catheter has a hollow catheter shaft, an ultrasound transducer in the shaft, and a drive shaft that rotates the transducer. The shaft comprises at least one metal coil having characteristic elastic deformation under stress in the range of about 3% to 9%, while a restraint means prevents torsional deflection of the coil. A drive shaft having a coil surrounded by a tube, a coil bonded to an inner coaxial cable, and an inner and outer coil that interfere with one another are shown. A superelastic coil is formed by continuously winding a wire about a mandrel, heating a region of the wire to render it superelastic, and after cooling, removing it from the mandrel.

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