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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2008
Warren Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Douglas Glenn Wildes, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Weston Blaine Griffin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Reinhold Bruestle, Zipf, AT;
Warren Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Douglas Glenn Wildes, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Weston Blaine Griffin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Reinhold Bruestle, Zipf, AT;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An imaging catheter tip is presented. The imaging catheter tip includes a housing. Further, the imaging catheter tip includes a transducer assembly located within the housing in a distal portion of the imaging catheter tip. The transducer assembly includes a transducer. In addition, the imaging catheter tip includes a motor located within the housing in a proximal portion of the imaging catheter tip. The motor is configured to facilitate oscillation of the transducer assembly about a longitudinal axis of the imaging catheter tip. The imaging catheter tip also includes a fill tube disposed between the motor and the housing. The fill tube is configured to deliver acoustic coupling fluid to the distal portion of the imaging catheter tip.