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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Manuel Serrano, Menlo Park, CA (US);
James D. Koger, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Manuel Serrano, Menlo Park, CA (US);
James D. Koger, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of mounting a transducer to a driveshaft which eliminates the need for a transducer housing, the improved method directly attaches the transducer to a rigid distal tip of a driveshaft which is part of a rotatable imaging core of a catheter assembly. The method contemplates heat treating the distal tip of the driveshaft to make it rigid, machining the distal tip to be dimensioned to hold the transducer, and attaching the transducer to the distal tip by clamping, crimping, or an adhesive.