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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130250 | Pleated Bag for Interventional Pullback Systems The present invention provides for pleated bags used with interventional pullback systems, including imaging catheters such as IVUS catheters, as well as for use with other catheters. An exemplary pleated bag of the present invention may be an elongate, sterile bag, hav... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120046553 | ULTRASOUND CATHETER HOUSING WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE An ultrasound catheter housing with electromagnetic shielding properties and methods of manufacturing is provided. The ultrasound catheter housing comprises a an inner thin wall polymer tube extruded using an ultrasonically transparent polymer, a thin metalized layer de... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110270091 | Apparatus and Method for Use of RFID Catheter Intelligence A method and system is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, methods and devices for identifying information about the imaging element used to gather the backscattered data are provided in order to perm... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110125027 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUSHING AIR FROM A CATHETER OF AN INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM A catheter assembly for an intravascular ultrasound system includes a hub disposed at a proximal end of a catheter. The hub includes a rotatable connector shaft disposed at least partially in a lumen that extends from the hub to a distal end of the catheter. A pumping a... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110098573 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING A TRANSDUCER TO A CONTROL MODULE OF AN INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM A catheter assembly for an intravascular ultrasound system includes an ultrasound transducer disposed in an image device housing within a lumen of a catheter. The ultrasound transducer transforms applied electrical signals to acoustic signals within a frequency bandwidt... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110071400 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH SEALED IMAGING CORES A catheter assembly for an intravascular ultrasound system includes a catheter insertable into patient vasculature via a guidewire. A watertight imaging core is disposed in the distal end of the catheter. The imaging core includes a motor, at least one fixed transducer,... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071401 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING A STEPPER MOTOR FOR AN INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM A catheter assembly for an intravascular ultrasound system includes an imaging core disposed in a lumen of a catheter. The imaging core includes a stepper motor that rotates a mirror coupled to a driveshaft. The stepper motor provides step-wise rotation of the driveshaf... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110034809 | High Resolution Intravascular Ultrasound Transducer Assembly Having A Flexible Substrate An ultrasound transducer assembly of the present invention includes a flexible circuit to which an ultrasound transducer array and integrated circuitry are attached during fabrication of the ultrasound transducer assembly. The flexible circuit comprises a flexible subst... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100317973 | Device and method for vascular re-entry In a method for re-entry from extraluminal space into the central lumen of a vessel, a guidewire is advanced into the extraluminal space of the vessel, and then a directional catheter is advanced over the guidewire through the extraluminal space. Thereafter, the guidewi... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100280390 | CATHETER FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME A catheter apparatus (100, 2000, 3000, 4000, 540) includes an elongated body (110) having proximal (112) and distal (114) ends, an acoustic transducer (130, 2300, 5 3300, 4300, 544), disposed proximate the distal end (114) of th... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100268089 | MULTIPLE ELEMENT ELECTRODE CMUT DEVICES AND FABRICATION METHODS Multiple electrode element capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (“cMUT”) devices and fabrication methods are provided. Some embodiments can include a forward or side looking catheter device having a plurality of cMUT arrays for transmitting and receiving u... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100198056 | Diagnostic catheters, guide catheters, visualization devices and chord manipulation devices, and related kits and methods Described herein are devices, methods and kits for assessing and/or enhancing the accessibility of a subvalvular space of a heart, accessing the subvalvular space of the heart (e.g., to provide access for one or more other devices), and/or positioning one or more device... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100179434 | 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 and an imaging core disposed in the catheter. The imaging core includes a rotatable driveshaft, at least one light source, and at least one transducer. The at least one light source is dispos... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100094125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3-D IMAGING A system and method for recording and depicting ultrasound images of a moving object are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, ultrasound images are acquired as the field of view of an ultrasound probe is advanced across the tissues of interest during a resting period b... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20090275840 | BLOOD VESSEL SENSING CATHETER HAVING WORKING LUMEN FOR MEDICAL APPLIANCES Devices and methods are disclosed for providing a sensing element to scan tissue and detect the presence of structures within the tissue to avoid the structures when performing a procedure on the tissue. A catheter includes a blood vessel sensing assembly and a working ... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090253989 | System and Method for Intravascular Structural Analysis Compensation of Chemical Analysis Modality A multimodal intravascular analysis uses a structural intravascular analysis modality to compensate for a chemical analysis modality. Examples of structural analysis are IVUS, OCT, including optical coherence domain Reflectometry (OCDR) and optical frequency domain imag... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090221918 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR An electrical connector is described. In one implementation, the connector includes a female portion including one or more electrical contacts and a male portion including one or more electrical contacts. The female portion and the male portion each have a self-orientat... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090163818 | Low profile intravascular ultrasound catheter The present invention provides low profile intravascular ultrasound catheters adapted to access sites within the patient's body through narrow blood vessels, e.g., the radial artery. In an embodiment, a low profile catheter comprises an catheter sheath, a short guidewir... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090156941 | TELESCOPE FOR AN IMAGING CATHETER A catheter has a proximal end and a distal end and comprises an outer tube having a proximal end, an inner sheath slidingly received within the outer tube and extending distally from the outer tube, and a rotatable shaft extending from the proximal end of the outer tube... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090069694 | Coronary sinus access catheter with forward-imaging means A coronary access catheter system simplifies the insertion of objects into distal branches of the coronary sinus. The system incorporates a real-time forward-imaging means to view the os and the branches of the coronary sinus. Preferably, the catheter uses near-infrared... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090024040 | Wall-Contacting Intravascular Ultrasound Probe Catheters The present invention provides intravascular diagnostic catheters that include one or more wall-contacting/wall-approaching probes including IVUS probe elements and diagnostic systems including such catheters, for the evaluation and diagnosis of blood vessels. Also prov... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090005675 | Apparatus and Method for Endovascular Device Guiding and Positioning Using Physiological Parameters An endovascular access and guidance system has an elongate body with a proximal end and a distal end; a non-imaging ultrasound transducer on the elongate body configured to provide in vivo non-image based ultrasound information of the vasculature of the patient; an endo... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080200815 | Intravascular Ultrasound Techniques Intravascular ultrasound techniques provide for intravascular imaging using contrast agents and nonlinear techniques. An ultrasound imaging device for detecting internal properties of a target body comprises an ultrasound transducer positioned at a distal end portion of... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080167560 | Self-Aligning IVUS Catheter Rotational Core Connector The present invention provides self-aligning rotational connectors. In an non-limiting embodiment, a catheter system comprises a catheter connectable to a drive unit. The catheter includes a rotator, and at least one orientating feature extending proximally from the rot... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080161696 | Opto-acoustic imaging devices and methods In one aspect, the invention relates to a probe. The probe includes a sheath, a flexible, bi-directionally rotatable, optical subsystem positioned within the sheath, the optical subsystem comprising a transmission fiber, the optical subsystem capable of transmitting and... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080154137 | Method, system, and computer product for separating coronary lumen, coronary vessel wall and calcified plaque in an intravascular ultrasound view Systems, methods and computer products for display of the inside of the coronary artery as an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) view with separation of the lumen of the coronary, the wall of the vessel and calcified plaque. Exemplary embodiments include a cardiac volume r... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080108937 | Ultrasound catheter having protective feature against breakage An ultrasound catheter has an elongate flexible catheter body having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, and an ultrasound transmission member extending longitudinally through the lumen of the catheter body. The ultrasound transmission member has a proximal e... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080091105 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN VIVO IMAGING OF BLOOD VESSEL WALLS TO DETECT MICROCALCIFICATIONS A system includes an in vivo imaging device for imaging a blood vessel with a resolution level of at least fifty micrometers. The in vivo imaging device is capable of detecting a microcalcification in a fibrous cap of an atheroma. The system also includes a processor fo... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080077018 | Pulse Inversion Sequences For Nonlinear Imaging Provided herein are Pulse-Inversion (PI) sequences that provide for fundamental frequency suppression in nonlinear imaging applications. In an embodiment, a weighting scheme is applied to the received echo pulses resulting from transmit pulses of alternating polarity to... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080009746 | ASSESSMENT OF AORTIC HEART VALVE TO FACILITATE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT Devices and methods for assessing the size, shape, and topography of vessel lumens and hollow portions of organs are described. The devices and methods are particularly adapted for determining the size, shape, topography, and compliance of the native heart valves to fac... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080004530 | ARTERY IMAGING SYSTEM Techniques for imaging a blood vessel are described. A transducer attached to a catheter is guided to a first site within a blood vessel. The catheter is moved to second site proximal to the first site at a speed selected to enable the transducer to generate a signal in... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070282197 | Instrument, imaging position fixing system and position fixing method The invention relates to an instrument able to be introduced into a body as well as an imaging position fixing system and position fixing method for the instrument. A magnet able to be rotated with a rotation drive is provided in an end section of the instrument. The po... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070208256 | Multiple Branch Tubular Prosthesis and Methods A tubular prosthesis having an opening formed in a side wall thereof is positioned in a first passageway in a human body with the opening facing and providing fluid flow to a first branch passageway that branches from the first passageway. A portion of the prosthesis th... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070156048 | Multi-Functional Medical Catheter And Methods Of Use The present invention provides multi-functional medical catheters, systems and methods for their use. In one particular embodiment, a medical catheter (100) includes a flexible elongate body (105) having a proximal end (110) and a distal end (120... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070043296 | Guided procedures for treating atrial fibrillation A method for treating atrial fibrillation in a heart of a patient includes placing an ultrasonic catheter in a first chamber of the heart; acquiring two-dimensional ultrasonic images of a second chamber of the heart and at least a portion of surrounding structures of th... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060264758 | Capacitive microfabricated ultrasound transducer-based intravascular ultrasound probes 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... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060253033 | System and method of characterizing vascular tissue A system and method is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, an ultrasonic device is used to acquire RF backscattered data (i.e., IVUS data) from a blood vess... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060241485 | Extracorporeal emboli detector An emboli detector device receives a blood flow in a perfusion circuit. The connector-like device has a rigid plastic smooth body hermetically sealed from the blood. There is a calculated thin, but rigid window formed as part of the flow-through tubing wall to allow ult... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060241487 | System and method of characterizing vascular tissue A system and method is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, an ultrasonic device is used to acquire RF backscattered data (i.e., IVUS data) from a blood vess... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060241486 | System and method of characterizing vascular tissue A system and method is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, an ultrasonic device is used to acquire RF backscattered data (i.e., IVUS data) from a blood vess... | 10/26/2006 |
