The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars, and the Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin

National University of Ireland, Galway

The College of the Holy & Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth

Steripack Medical Limited

Andrew Bourke

Christoph Hennersperger

Fionn Lahart

Gary Leonard

Barry Moore

Garry Moore

Eamon Martin

Paul Conlon

Aidan O'Brien

A catheter-based ultrasound imaging system configured to provide a full circumferential 360-degree view around an intra-vascular/intra-cardiac imaging-catheter-head by generating a three-dimensional view of the tissue surrounding the imaging-head over time. The ultrasound imaging system can also provide tissue-state mapping capability. The evaluation of the vasculature and tissue characteristics include path and depth of lesions during cardiac-interventions such as ablation. The ultrasound imaging system comprises a catheter with a static or rotating sensor array tip supporting continuous circumferential rotation around its axis, connected to an ultrasound module and respective processing machinery allowing ultrafast imaging and a rotary motor that translates radial movements around a longitudinal catheter axis through a rotary torque transmitting part to rotate the sensor array-tip. This allows the capture and reconstruction of information of the vasculature including tissue structure around the catheter tip for generation of the three-dimensional view over time.

Ultrasound based three-dimensional lesion verification within a vasculature

Ultrasound imaging system reconstructing an intravascular image using angular positions of a transducer array

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Dublin, Ireland

Andrew Bourke