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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2021
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Edouard Da Cruz, Nice, FR;
Flavien Daloz, Biot, FR;
Kevin M. Durocher, Waterford, NY (US);
Reinhold Brüstle, Frankenburg, AT;
Bruno Haider, Rehoboth, DE (US);
Giandonato Stallone, Nice, FR;
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
A deployable invasive device includes a transducer with a plurality of elements with linked by at least one shape memory material, the at least one shape memory material configured to move the plurality of the elements relative to one another between a first configuration and a second configuration in response to the thermal stimulus. The shape memory material comprises at least one active region configured to change shape to facilitate transition between the first configuration and the second configuration. The deployable invasive device further includes at least one integral heating resistor on or within the at least one active region and configured to heat the shape memory material surrounding the integral heating resistor to provide the thermal stimulus.