Imaging catheter assembly with distal end inductive coupler...

Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation

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C600S466000

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ABSTRACT:
A catheter assembly includes an elongate catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end with a drive cable disposed therein, the drive cable having a proximal end and a distal end, and rotatable relative to the catheter body. A first electro-magnetic element is disposed proximate the distal end of the catheter, and a second electro-magnetic element disposed proximate the distal end of the drive cable and in electrical communication with an operative element mounted at the end of the drive cable, the first and second electro-magnetic elements forming an inductive coupler. The catheter assembly can include various other distal operative elements, which are in communication with corresponding proximal operative elements via transmission lines embedded within the wall of the catheter body.

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Article taken fromPlastics Engineering Handbook, Chapter 7, “Extrusion,” pp. 156-157.

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