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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2024
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Joe Corrigan, Cambridge, GB;
Peter Thornton, Jr., Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.01); A61B 90/94 (2016.01); A61B 90/96 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4438 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.02); A61B 90/94 (2016.02); A61B 90/96 (2016.02);
Abstract
A catheter for an ultrasound system can a marker disposed on the hub. The marker is optically or magnetically readable and, when read, identifies the catheter. A drive unit can include an optical or magnetic marker reader. Alternatively or additionally, a catheter may include an active memory arrangement that can be read by an appropriate reader on the drive unit.