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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Muffin Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventors:
Neal E. Fearnot, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Peter S. McKinnis, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Sarah Robbins, Lafayette, IN (US);
Yun Zhou, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Muffin Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); G01S 15/894 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for endoluminal therapeutic and diagnostic ultrasound procedures includes a motor which rotates a drive shaft and ultrasound transducer. In one example, conductors attach to the transducer and extend through a hollow drive shaft. In another example, a bias member conducts electric signals and stores energy. The device includes an operational state in which the motor rotates the drive shaft alternatingly between a first direction and an opposite second direction.