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US 8,506,493 B2Granted
Imaging transducer assembly
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorIsaac Ostrovsky
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Abstract
The present invention is generally directed towards an imaging transducer assembly. Generally, the imaging transducer assembly is combined with a sensor of a medical positioning system. In one aspect, the transducer assembly and the sensor share the same voltage source. In another aspect of the invention, the sensor surrounds a portion of the imaging transducer assembly, forming a housing that reinforces the assembly.
Claims16
An imaging catheter having distal and proximal ends and a lumen, comprising:
- a coaxial cable comprising a center wire, an outer shield, and a distal end;
- an imaging transducer assembly located within the lumen of a distal portion of the catheter, the imaging transducer assembly including an imaging transducer;
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- a sensor adapted to communicate with a medical positioning system, wherein the sensor and the imaging transducer are each electrically coupled, in a parallel electrical configuration with respect to each other, to the center wire and the outer shield at the distal end of the coaxial cable.
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