Medical acoustic imaging catheter and guidewire

Details Medical acoustic imaging catheter and guidewire Medical acoustic imaging catheter and guidewire

1994-12-13

1995-11-07

Jaworski, Francis

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128772, A61B 812

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054640164

ABSTRACT:
An ultrasound imaging device and method employing it featuring a stationary, elongated flexible tubular body, a rotatable drive shaft extending through the body, and a nose member located distally of the tubular body, the nose member mounted on the distal end of the drive shaft to rotate therewith, the nose member being of rounded atraumatic form, sized at its proximal end to substantially match the diameter of the body and an acoustic imaging transducer incorporated in the nose member for producing acoustic images of adjacent tissue as the drive shaft turns, there being an axial passage within the body for fluid flow from a proximal entry port to at least one fluid delivery port located distally of the entry port.

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