Ultrasonic imaging catheters
US8819928B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49155
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An intravascular ultrasonic imaging catheter is provided with a flexible circuit electrically coupled to a transducer array mounted on the distal end of the catheter, a portion of the flexible circuit being helically wound about the catheter in order to enhance the flexibility of the circuit. The catheter may be a balloon catheter which is also provided with a stent mounted on the balloon, the stent carrying one or more drugs designed to be eluted or washed into a patient's blood stream after the stent has been delivered, by a the balloon catheter, into a target area within the patient's vascular system.
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