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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Maxence Borot, Antibes, FR;
Flavien Daloz, Biot, FR;
Edouard Da Cruz, Nice, FR;
Coraly Cuminatto, Le Cannet, FR;
Frederic Lanteri, Le Cannet, FR;
Giandonato Stallone, Nice, FR;
Alexandre Gilibert, Valbonne, FR;
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device and a method of manufacturing the ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device. The ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device includes an invasive medical device, an electrical trace deposited either directly on the surface of the invasive medical device or onto an insulating layer covering at least a portion of the surface of the invasive medical device, where the electrical trace is deposited during an additive manufacturing process. The ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device includes an ultrasound transducer assembly attached to the invasive medical device and electrically connected to the electrical trace, and a transducer support structure attached to the invasive medical device, where the transducer support structure defines a nest that is adapted to receive the ultrasound transducer assembly.