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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Muffin Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventors:
William J. Havel, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Sarah Robbins, Lafayette, IN (US);
Peter S. McKinnis, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Yun Zhou, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Neal E. Fearnot, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Muffin Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are embodiments of devices and methods for imaging the inside of a body part, such as a blood vessel. In particular embodiments, a catheter has a chamber within which is a transducer. A wire guide channel extends throughout the length of the catheter. The transducer is rotatable around the wire guide channel.