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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
Warren Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Douglas Glenn Wildes, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Weston Blaine Griffin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Warren Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Douglas Glenn Wildes, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Weston Blaine Griffin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A device and a method for sealing a micromotor with an optional associated gearbox are disclosed where, in one aspect of the present invention, a catheter tip comprises: a micromotor; an ultrasound imaging transducer; a gearbox mechanically coupled to the micromotor, the gearbox having a rotatable portion mechanically coupled to the ultrasound imaging transducer array; and a moisture barrier disposed so as to reduce or prevent acoustic coupling fluid from entering both the gearbox and the micromotor.