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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, CA (US);
Inventor:
Lex J. Garbini, El Granada, CA (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49005 (2015.01);
Abstract
A medical ultrasound imaging catheter is stiffened for introduction into the patient. An insert is mated with the array. The insert may stiffen the catheter at the array, avoiding damage due to buckling. The insert is keyed to the array in order to fix the orientation of the array, such as using a support for twisting the array as the key.