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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
Pei Jei Cao, Fremont, CA (US);
Jian R. Yuan, Hayward, CA (US);
Michael J. Tierney, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Pei Jei Cao, Fremont, CA (US);
Jian R. Yuan, Hayward, CA (US);
Michael J. Tierney, Pleasanton, CA (US);
SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to medical devices, and more particularly to an improved intravascular device. In one embodiment, an intravascular device includes a catheter having proximal and distal portions, and a phased array of imaging elements, having edge elements each having angles of emission, located in the distal portion of the catheter, wherein the phased array is concaved having a radius of curvature such that when the phased array is steered in a maximal azimuthal direction, the angles of emission of the edge elements are substantially similar.