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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Volcano Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Duane De Jong, Elk Grove, CA (US);
Douglas Meyer, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Volcano Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 24/58 (2011.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49204 (2015.01);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to intravascular imaging catheters and methods of making catheters for imaging systems. The invention provides a connector for an imaging catheter that includes a unitary body with very thin electrical contacts that are formed on the surface of the body. Due to the scale of the contacts, the connector operates essentially as a single unitary piece of material. Each of the leads may be less than about 100 μm wide and less than about 8 μm thick, and further the leads may be spaced apart by less than about 160 μm.