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Multifunction intraluminal ultrasound catheter having a removable core with maximized transducer aperture

  • US 5,842,994 A
  • Filed: 07/02/1997
  • Issued: 12/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ultrasonic imaging catheter assembly, comprising:

  • an elongate tubular element having a lumen having a first portion with a non-circular, generally D-shaped cross-section; and

    a rotatable imaging core comprising a drive-shaft attached to a transducer housing, the transducer housing having at its greatest dimension a non-circular outer perimeter substantially similar in dimension to the non-circular, generally D-shaped cross section of the first lumen portion, wherein the imaging core may be passed through the lumen if the outer perimeter of the transducer housing and cross-section of the first lumen are similarly oriented.

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