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Ultrasound imaging catheter having an independently-controllable treatment structure

  • US 5,853,368 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1996
  • Issued: 12/29/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A catheter comprising:

  • an elongate flexible main catheter body having proximal and distal ends;

    an ultrasound transducer, fixedly coupled to said main catheter body and configured to provide a field of view; and

    an elongate treatment structure having a deployable segment with a proximate end fixed to said main catheter body and a therapeutic device at its distal end, said deployable segment configured to have a restricted and predetermined range of motion controllable independently of said main catheter body, resulting in said therapeutic device traveling in a predetermined path that confines all operative positions to be within said field of view.

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