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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Inventor:
Brian Kent Courtney, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 39/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01); A61M 39/24 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 8/543 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides minimally invasive imaging probe/medical device having a frictional element integrated therewith for reducing non-uniform rotational distortion near the distal end of a medical device, such as an imaging probe which undergoes rational movement during scanning of surrounding tissue in bodily lumens and cavities.