SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING FLOW OF AN ACOUSTICALLY-FAVORABLE MEDIUM OVER A TRANSDUCER OF AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM
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    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING FLOW OF AN ACOUSTICALLY-FAVORABLE MEDIUM OVER A TRANSDUCER OF AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM 审中-公开
    用于超声波成像系统的传感器用于促进可呼吸介质的流动的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130123634A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-16

    申请号:US13678085

    申请日:2012-11-15

    CPC classification number: A61B8/4281 A61B8/12 A61B8/445 A61B8/4461 A61B8/4488

    Abstract: A catheter assembly includes an imaging core insertable into a lumen of a sheath of a catheter. The imaging core includes a rotatable driveshaft and a transducer that is coupled to the driveshaft and that rotates with the driveshaft. One or more inlet ports and one or more outlet ports are defined in a distal portion of the sheath. A flow-inducing element is coupled to the driveshaft and rotates with the driveshaft. The flow-inducing element draws fluid into the lumen through the inlet port(s) from the environment external to the sheath and pushes the drawn fluid out of the lumen through the outlet port(s). One of the one or more inlet ports or the one or more outlet ports is disposed proximal to the flow-inducing element and the transducer, and the other of the inlet port(s) or the outlet port(s) is disposed distal to the flow-inducing element and the transducer.

    Abstract translation: 导管组件包括可插入导管的鞘的内腔中的成像芯。 成像芯包括可旋转的驱动轴和耦合到驱动轴并且与驱动轴一起旋转的换能器。 一个或多个入口端口和一个或多个出口端口限定在护套的远端部分中。 导流元件联接到驱动轴并与驱动轴一起旋转。 引流元件通过来自护套外部的环境的入口将流体吸入腔内,并将抽出的流体从腔中推出出口。 所述一个或多个入口端口或所述一个或多个出口端口中的一个设置在所述导流元件和所述换能器附近,并且所述入口端口或所述出口端口中的另一个设置在 导流元件和换能器。

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