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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2006
Richard R. Wilson, Seattle, WA (US);
Tim Abrahamson, Seattle, WA (US);
Leonard R. Oliver, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard R. Wilson, Seattle, WA (US);
Tim Abrahamson, Seattle, WA (US);
Leonard R. Oliver, Seattle, WA (US);
Ekos Corporation, Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic catheter is manufactured by providing an inner tube having an inner diameter sufficient to accommodate a guidewire, and mounting a tubular ultrasound radiating member around a distal region of the inner tube. Two electrical conductors are positioned along the inner tube, such that one of the electrical conductors contacts an inner side of the ultrasound radiating member while the other electrical conductor contacts an outer side of the ultrasound radiating member. An outer tube is then concentrically translated over the inner tube and the ultrasound radiating member, and radially shrunken onto the inner tube.