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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120108980 | CATHETER WITH SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR Actuators employable for oscillating movement of a load. An improved actuator may include at least a first shape memory member that is actuatable to affect at least a portion of the oscillating movement of the load. The actuator may further include a second shape memory... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120022375 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING The present invention relates to an acoustic device for ultrasonic imaging of an object (21). The device comprises an acoustic transducer (10 and an acoustic lens (20) arranged to variably refract the said acoustic pulse to and/or from the acoustic ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110251492 | ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT OF LUMENS TO FACILITATE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT Devices and methods for assessing the orientation and shape of vessel lumens and hollow portions of organs are described. The devices and methods are particularly adapted for determining the orientation and shape of the native heart valves to facilitate the later implan... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110237955 | Real Time Ultrasound Catheter Probe An ultrasound catheter probe assembly capable of scanning a three-dimensional volume is provided. The ultrasound catheter probe assembly contains a plurality of ultrasonic transducers disposed along a central axis of the ultrasound catheter probe assembly. The plurality... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110172543 | Multipurpose Host System for Invasive Cardiovascular Diagnostic Measurement Acquisition and Display An ultrasound catheter is described herein for insertion into a cavity such as a blood vessel to facilitate imaging within a vasculature. The catheter comprises an elongate flexible shaft, a capacitive microfabricated ultrasonic transducer, and a sonic reflector. The el... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110118607 | SELF-PROPELLED ROBOTIC DEVICE THAT MOVES THROUGH BODILY AND OTHER PASSAGEWAYS A self-propelled robotic device moves through bodily and other passageways by inflating regions of an overlying bladder along the length of the robotic device in a sequence that imparts motion to the device. The regions of the overlying bladder are inflated by energizin... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110004105 | POWER PARAMETERS FOR ULTRASONIC CATHETER An ultrasound catheter system and a method for operating an ultrasonic catheter at a treatment site within a patient's vasculature or tissue are disclosed. The ultrasound catheter system comprises a catheter having at least one ultrasonic element and a control system co... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100305451 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING IMAGE-GUIDED INTRAVASCULAR AND ENDOCARDIAL THERAPY SYSTEMS A catheter assembly includes a catheter and a delivery element. The catheter has a distal end with a distal tip, a proximal end, and a longitudinal length. The catheter includes a body that defines a central lumen extending along the catheter to the distal end. The cath... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100305442 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CATHETER-BASED IMAGING SYSTEMS A method of managing catheter data for a catheter-based imaging system includes coupling a catheter to a control module. The catheter includes a memory structure that includes catheter management data. The control module includes a processor. The catheter management dat... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100280389 | CONNECTOR FOR SECURING ULTRASOUND CATHETER TO TRANSDUCER An ultrasound system has an ultrasound transducer having a transducer housing and a horn provided at the distal end of the transducer housing, an ultrasound transmission member, a sonic connector that is connected to the horn and the proximal end of the ultrasound trans... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100274140 | METHOD OF MOUNTING A TRANSDUCER TO A DRIVESHAFT A method of mounting a transducer to a driveshaft which eliminates the need for a transducer housing, the improved method directly attaches the transducer to a rigid distal tip of a driveshaft which is part of a rotatable imaging core of a catheter assembly. The method ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100262014 | Ultrasound Scanner Built with Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUTS) Ultrasonic scanners and methods of manufacturing ultrasonic scanners. One embodiment of a method includes integrating a flexible electronic device (e.g. an IC) and a flexible ultrasonic transducer (e.g. a portion of a circular CMUT array) with a flexible member. The IC,... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100256499 | ULTRASOUND PROBE An ultrasound probe of the present invention includes a 2-2 type piezocomposite material made up of piezoelectric layers and resin layers alternately arrayed with the piezoelectric layers being arranged at both ends in an array direction, a signal electrode disposed on ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100256502 | MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR BONDING ACOUSTICALLY NEUTRAL STRUCTURES FOR USE IN ULTRASOUND CATHETERS Provided herein is an ultrasound probe comprising a probe housing defining a distal end, an ultrasonic transducer array disposed within the probe housing and rotatable within said probe housing, an acoustically neutral structure bonded to a surface of the ultrasonic tra... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100191101 | CATHETER WITH ISOLATION BETWEEN ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER AND POSITION SENSOR Medical apparatus includes an invasive probe, for insertion into a body of a living subject. An ultrasonic subsystem includes an ultrasonic transducer contained in the probe and image processing circuitry, which is located outside the probe and is coupled to communicate... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100179432 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS WITH PHOTO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING CAPABILITIES A catheter assembly for an intravascular ultrasound system includes a catheter with a lumen and an imaging core insertable into the lumen. The imaging core includes a rotatable driveshaft, at least one transducer, and at least one optical transport medium. The at least ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100179426 | ULTRASOUND CATHETER WITH ROTATABLE TRANSDUCER An ultrasound catheter assembly having a rotatable transducer assembly is disclosed. The ultrasound catheter assembly includes an elongate flexible shaft having a lumen and a proximal end and a distal end. The catheter assembly further includes a drive member that engag... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100168583 | ENHANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGING PROBES USING FLEXURE MODE PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS A method of generating an enhanced receive signal from a piezoelectric ultrasound transducer is described. The method comprises providing a piezoelectric ultrasound transducer comprising a piezoelectric element operable in flexural mode, receiving a acoustic signal by t... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100152590 | SYSTEM AND CATHETER FOR IMAGE GUIDANCE AND METHODS THEREOF A catheter-based imaging system comprises a catheter having a telescoping proximal end, a distal end having a distal sheath and a distal lumen, a working lumen, and an ultrasonic imaging core. The ultrasonic imaging core is arranged for rotation and linear translation. ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100145310 | Method and apparatus for Operating a Micromotor in a fluid A device and a method for sealing a micromotor with an optional associated gearbox are disclosed where, in one aspect of the present invention, a catheter tip comprises: a micromotor; an ultrasound imaging transducer; a gearbox mechanically coupled to the micromotor, th... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100106011 | Method and apparatus for localizing an ultrasound catheter An imaging system is provided with an ultrasound catheter and a controller coupled to the ultrasound catheter. The catheter includes a localizer sensor configured to generate positional information for the ultrasound catheter, and an imaging ultrasound sensor having a r... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100076317 | CATHETER WITH ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER AND VARIABLE FOCUS LENS USED IN ANEURYSM ASSESSMENT A catheter having ultrasound capability and a distal end extending along a longitudinal axis, the end being situated adjacent to a tissue of interest inside of a patient; at least one ultrasound transducer located in the end to direct ultrasound waves along the axis in ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100076318 | MICROMACHINED IMAGING TRANSDUCER The present invention generally relates to medical devices, and more particularly to an improved medical imaging device. In one embodiment, an imaging device includes a drive shaft having proximal and distal ends received within the lumen; and an imaging transducer asse... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100063401 | ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION METHOD When an ultrasound endoscope arrives at an objective area, a puncture needle is located in a scan area of a first ultrasound image. Thereby, an image of the puncture needle is delineated on the first ultrasound image. Furthermore, an ultrasound probe is inserted into th... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100063400 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CATHETER GUIDANCE USING A COMBINATION OF ULTRASOUND AND X-RAY IMAGING An apparatus for tracking movement of a foreign object within a subject has an X-ray fluoroscopic system with an X-ray detector and an ultrasound system that has a probe with a position sensor. A display is configured to display a static X-ray image acquired by the X-ra... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100049054 | ULTRASONIC PROBE An electronic radial ultrasonic probe comprising an electronic radial array which comprises a plurality of ultrasonic transducers being continuously arrayed circularly around an insertion axis as center and also for which a transmission/reception of an ultrasonic wave i... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100036258 | REAL TIME ULTRASOUND CATHETER PROBE An ultrasound catheter probe assembly capable of scanning a three-dimensional volume is provided. The ultrasound catheter probe assembly contains a plurality of ultrasonic transducers disposed along a central axis of the ultrasound catheter probe assembly. The plurality... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090306518 | TRANSDUCERS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS CONTAINING THE TRANSDUCERS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE A catheter assembly for an intravascular ultrasound system includes a catheter and an imaging core. The catheter includes a lumen extending along the longitudinal length of the catheter from the proximal end to the distal end and the imaging core is configured and arran... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090299195 | Multimodal Catheter System and Method for Intravascular Analysis Methods, apparatus, and systems for intravascular analysis combine at least three analytical modalities. In one implementation, intravascular ultrasound, optical coherence tomography, and near infrared spectroscopy are combined to enable detection of multiple, different... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090287089 | Methods, devices and apparatus for imaging for reconstructing a 3-D image of an area of interest Featured are methods, devices and apparatuses for imaging tissue, such as cardiac tissue, using any of a number of imaging techniques (e.g., ultrasonic imaging techniques) and a 3-D tracking system. In embodiments, such methods, devices and apparatuses are configured so... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090270737 | IMAGING CATHETER Described herein are imaging catheter system. In an exemplary embodiment, a catheter comprises a handle assembly having distal and proximal ends, a catheter sheath connected to the distal end of the handle assembly, and an elongated flexible tube connected to the proxim... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090264759 | Ultrasound Imaging Catheter With Pivoting Head An ultrasound imaging catheter system includes a pivot head assembly coupled between a ultrasound transducer array and the distal end of the catheter. The pivot head assembly includes a pivot joint enabling the transducer array to pivot through a large angle about the c... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090264770 | Medical Systems and Related Methods This disclosure relates to medical systems and related methods. In some embodiments, the medical systems include a catheter having a coiled section that is radially displaceable relative to a waveguide.... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090192582 | Sensor Guided Epicardial Lead Implantable cardiac monitoring and stimulation methods and devices with epicardial leads having sensor feedback. A fixed or extendable/retractable sensor may be displaceable within the lead's lumen and configured to sense the presence of an anatomical feature or physiol... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090163817 | Rotary Transformer Described herein are rotary transformers for coupling signals between components that rotate relative to one another. In an exemplary embodiment, a rotary transformer comprises a rotary shaft, a first magnetic core on the rotary shaft, and a first winding wound around t... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090118621 | TRANSESOPHAGEAL ULTRASOUND PROBE WITH AN ADAPTIVE BENDING SECTION When transesophageal echocardiography is used to obtain a transgastric short axis view of the left ventricle of the heart, the best place to position the transducer is in the fundus of the stomach, aimed up through the left ventricle. The probes disclosed herein facilit... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090105597 | Image guided catheter having remotely controlled surfaces-mounted and internal ultrasound transducers A remotely manipulatable ultrasound transducer element or transducer array permits an operator of an ultrasound system to be remotely located from a patient and yet remotely control the location of the element or array on a patient's body such as on the skin surface or ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090093726 | CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE SYSTEM An ultrasound image system includes: an ultrasound probe; a signal-transmitting-and-receiving section for transmitting signals to the ultrasound probe and receiving signals from the ultrasound probe; and an image-displaying section for displaying an ultrasound image obt... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090088648 | Methods and devices for image-guided manipulation or sensing or anatomic structures Forward-looking ultrasound transducers are positioned at the tip of a transseptal catheter to facilitate transseptal puncture and interventions within the left atrium, pulmonary veins and mitral valve. Catheter devices and systems are guided by forward-looking ultrasoun... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090076390 | INTEGRATED ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND ABLATION PROBE A system for imaging and providing therapy to one or more regions of interest is presented. The system includes an imaging and therapy catheter configured to image an anatomical region to facilitate assessing need for therapy in one or more regions within the anatomical... | 03/19/2009 |
