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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas R Winston, Leawood, KS (US);
John M Neet, Shawnee, KS (US);
Assignee:
Ultrasonic Sensing and Monitoring Systems, Leawood, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 16 ; 606 15 ; 606 13 ; 12866001 ; 607 89 ;
Abstract
A medical catheter which includes one or more optical fibers, each of which transmits both ultrasonic signals for imaging of the treatment area and laser energy for treatment of a medical condition. Different embodiments of the invention make use of different ways to utilize the same fiber for both ultrasonic and laser transmission.