Apparatus and method for imaging small cavities
US4917097A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1987 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/892
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An in vivo imaging device is provided for producing real-time images of small, moving or stationary cavities and surrounding tissue structure. The imaging device includes a probe assembly of very small dimensions and preferably sufficiently small to fit within cavities having a diameter on the order of that of a human coronary artery. The probe assembly may be mounted to a positioning device such as a catheter, which allows for the use of, for example, conventional guiding catheters and guide wires.
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