Medical tubular assembly
AssigneeBoston Scientific Medical Device Limited
InventorsJohn Paul Urbanski, Kaylie Lau
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Abstract
An elongated medical tubular assembly is configured to improve, at least in part, transmission of a signal from the signal-transmitting device, received, at least in part, within the elongated medical tubular assembly, toward the signal-transceiving device of the medical-imaging system. The elongated medical tubular assembly defines a lumen extending from a distal tip toward a proximal end of the elongated medical tubular assembly; and the lumen is configured to receive, at least in part, the signal-transmitting device in such a way that the lumen, in use, receives, at least in part, the signal-transmitting device at the signal-liberating feature.
Claims20
An apparatus for use with a patient, a signal-transmitting device, and a medical-imaging system, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongated medical tubular assembly configured to be received in the patient, the elongated medical tubular assembly having a distal tip that includes an exit portal;
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- the elongated medical tubular assembly having a distal tip configured to improve transmission of a signal from the signal-transmitting device, positioned in an interior of the elongated medical tubular assembly, toward the medical-imaging system.
An apparatus for use with a patient, a signal-transmitting device, and a signal-transceiving device of a medical-imaging system, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongated medical tubular assembly configured to be received, at least in part, in the patient;
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- the elongated medical tubular assembly including a signal-liberating feature configured to improve, at least in part, transmission of a signal from the signal-transmitting device, positioned in an interior of the elongated medical tubular assembly, toward the signal-transceiving device, wherein the signal-liberating feature entirely includes signal-enhancing material with no signal-blocking material.
An apparatus for use with a patient, a signal-transmitting device, and a signal-transceiving device of a medical-imaging system, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongated medical tubular assembly configured to be received, at least in part, in the patient, the elongated medical tubular assembly including a signal-liberating feature configured to improve, at least in part, transmission of a signal from the signal-transmitting device toward the signal-transceiving device;
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- the elongated medical tubular assembly including a shape-memory material configured to recover an original shape of at least a portion of the elongated medical tubular assembly after deformation in response to an applied stimulus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.