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Patent No.:

US 8819928 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2010

Ultrasonic imaging catheters

Applicants:

Elvin Nix, Gold River, CA (US);

William Howes, London, GB;

Robert Dickinson, London, GB;

Stephan Wnendt, Aachen, DE;

Inventors:

Elvin Nix, Gold River, CA (US);

William Howes, London, GB;

Robert Dickinson, London, GB;

Stephan Wnendt, Aachen, DE;

Assignee:

Volcano Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:

Haynes and Boone, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Peter DungBa Vo

Assistant Examiner:

Jeffrey T Carley

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1093 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0068 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01);
Abstract

An intravascular ultrasonic imaging catheter is provided with a flexible circuit electrically coupled to a transducer array mounted on the distal end of the catheter, a portion of the flexible circuit being helically wound about the catheter in order to enhance the flexibility of the circuit. The catheter may be a balloon catheter which is also provided with a stent mounted on the balloon, the stent carrying one or more drugs designed to be eluted or washed into a patient's blood stream after the stent has been delivered, by a the balloon catheter, into a target area within the patient's vascular system.

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Nix, Elvin. (2014). Ultrasonic imaging catheters (U.S. Patent No. 8819928). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8819928

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