Invention Grant
US08852112B2 Catheter with deflectable imaging device and bendable electrical conductor
有权
导管具有可偏转的成像装置和可弯曲的电导体
- Patent Title: Catheter with deflectable imaging device and bendable electrical conductor
- Patent Title (中): 导管具有可偏转的成像装置和可弯曲的电导体
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Application No.: US12347637Application Date: 2008-12-31
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Publication No.: US08852112B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Paul A. Bielewicz , Richard W. Denny , Dennis R. Dietz , Michael J. Fife , Joseph A. Huppenthal , David J. Messick , Craig T. Nordhausen , Clyde G. Oakley , Ryan C. Patterson , Jim H. Polenske
- Applicant: Paul A. Bielewicz , Richard W. Denny , Dennis R. Dietz , Michael J. Fife , Joseph A. Huppenthal , David J. Messick , Craig T. Nordhausen , Clyde G. Oakley , Ryan C. Patterson , Jim H. Polenske
- Applicant Address: US DE Newark
- Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Newark
- Agent Amy L. Miller
- Main IPC: A61B8/14
- IPC: A61B8/14 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B17/22 ; A61B17/29 ; A61M25/01 ; A61B17/34 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B19/00

Abstract:
An improved catheter is provided. The catheter may include a deflectable member located at a distal end of the catheter. The deflectable member may comprise an ultrasound transducer array. The catheter may include a lumen extending from a proximal end of the catheter to the distal end. The lumen may be used to deliver an interventional device to a point distal to the distal end of the catheter. The deflectable member may be selectively deflectable in a pivot-like manner through an arc of at least 90 degrees. In embodiments where the deflectable member includes an ultrasound transducer array, the ultrasound transducer array may be operable to image both when aligned with the catheter and when pivoted relative to the catheter. When pivoted relative to the catheter, the ultrasound transducer array may have a field of view distal to the distal end of the catheter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090292199A1 CATHETER Public/Granted day:2009-11-26
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