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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Thomas E. Milner, Austin, TX (US);
Marc D. Feldman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jung-hwan OH, Houston, TX (US);
Shaochen Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Castella, San Antonio, TX (US);
Thomas E. Milner, Austin, TX (US);
Marc D. Feldman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jung-Hwan Oh, Houston, TX (US);
Shaochen Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Castella, San Antonio, TX (US);
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Volcano Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a rotating catheter tip for optical coherence tomography based on the use of an optical fiber that does not rotate, that is enclosed in a catheter, which has a tip rotates under the influence of a fluid drive system to redirect light from the fiber to a surrounding vessel and the light reflected or backscattered from the vessel back to the optical fiber.