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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2024
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Quinn Mackenzie Butler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jeffrey Steven Fuller, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Andrew Strom, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Bryan Joseph Plunger, Shoreview, MN (US);
Joseph Alan Kronstedt, New Hope, MN (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Intravascular imaging devices as well as methods for making and using intravascular imaging devices are disclosed. An intravascular imaging device may include a catheter shaft including a hypotube region, an imaging window region, and a distal end region having a guidewire lumen formed therein. The hypotube region may include a first portion free of slots and a second portion having a plurality of slots formed therein. At least a reduced diameter section of the second portion of the hypotube region may have an outer diameter that is less than an outer diameter of the first portion of the hypotube region. The imaging window region may be coupled to the reduced diameter section of the second portion of the hypotube region. An imaging core may be disposed within the catheter shaft.