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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Darrell L. Rankin, Milpitas, CA (US);
Josef V. Koblish, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Szabolcs Deladi, Veldhoven, NL;
Darrell L. Rankin, Milpitas, CA (US);
Josef V. Koblish, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Szabolcs Deladi, Veldhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Devices and systems for ultrasonically imaging tissue and performing ablation therapy are disclosed. An ablation probe for treating and imaging body tissue includes an ablation electrode tip with a number of acoustic openings and a plurality of ultrasonic imaging sensors disposed within an interior lumen of the tip. The ultrasonic imaging sensors are supported within the interior lumen via an insert equipped with a number of recesses that receive the ultrasonic imaging sensors. An acoustically transparent shell disposed between the ultrasonic imaging sensors and the acoustic openings forms a fluid channel in the acoustic pathway of the sensors. During an ablation procedure, cooling fluid from an external fluid source is delivered through the fluid channel, providing an acoustic coupling effect between the ultrasonic imaging sensors and the surrounding body tissue.