- 专利标题: Ultrasound imaging guidewire with static central core and tip
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申请号: US09844644申请日: 2001-04-27
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公开(公告)号: US06585654B2公开(公告)日: 2003-07-01
- 发明人: David A. White , W. Martin Belef
- 申请人: David A. White , W. Martin Belef
- 主分类号: A61B812
- IPC分类号: A61B812
摘要:
An ultrasound imaging guidewire, that is inserted into a patient's body. The guidewire has a static central core and an imaging guidewire body comprising an acoustical scanning device. The acoustical scanning device can be rotated to obtain 360 degree acoustical images of a site of interest in the patients body. Furthermore, the imaging guidewire includes a connector that permits the imaging guidewire body to be disengaged from the static central core tip so that the imaging guidewire body can be axially translated to obtain multi-position imaging. The imaging guidewire body is axially translated without losing the original guidewire positioning because the static central core maintains its position in the patient's body.