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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Acist Medical Systems, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas C. Moore, Livermore, CA (US);
Robert Zelenka, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
ACIST Medical Systems, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); H01P 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); H01P 1/067 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); H01P 1/068 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system comprises a catheter having a lumen, a rotatable imaging probe within the catheter lumen including a distal transducer and first and second conductors coupled to the transducer, and a coupler that couples the rotatable first and second conductors to non-rotatable third and fourth conductors, respectively. The coupler includes a rotary capacitive coupler.