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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2021
Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
David Kenneth Wrolstad, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Maritess Minas, San Diego, CA (US);
Princeton Saroha, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Jeremy Stigall, Carlsbad, CA (US);
PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling an intravascular imaging device is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a support member having a body portion including a plurality of recesses longitudinally spaced from one another; positioning a flex circuit around the support member such that the flex circuit is radially spaced from the body portion of the support member; and filling a space between the flex circuit and the support member with a backing material through the plurality of recesses of the body portion. In one embodiment, an intravascular imaging device includes a flexible elongate member; an imaging assembly including: a flex circuit; and a support member around which the flex circuit is disposed, the support member having a body portion including plurality of recesses, wherein the support member defines lumen in fluid communication with a space between the flex circuit and the support member via the plurality of recesses.