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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2014
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
William C. Warger, II, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph Gardecki, Acton, MA (US);
Jose L. Guerrero, Boston, MA (US);
Farouc Jaffer, Jamaica Plains, MA (US);
Kevin Gallagher, Winchester, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can include a first section(s) and a second section(s) which can have a cross-section that can be smaller than that of the first section. The first and second sections can be a particular section and can include memory-forming characteristics. An imaging arrangement can be in communication with the first section or the second section. The particular section can have a first shape when the particular section can be constrained, and the particular section can have a second shape when the particular section can be unconstrained. The second shape can be more curved than the first shape.