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Rotatable ultrasound imaging catheter

  • US 5,846,204 A
  • Filed: 07/02/1997
  • Issued: 12/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An ultrasound catheter comprising an elongate transducer cable having at its distal end an ultrasound transducer array and a guide wire channel defining an axis of rotation of said transducer array, wherein a guide wire inserted into said channel serves as an axle about which said transducer array rotates,wherein said array rotates about the guide wire in response to a rotational force applied to a proximal end of said transducer cable to insonify a plurality of successive two-dimensional images suitable for forming a three-dimensional image.

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