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Guidewire with imaging capability

  • US 5,938,609 A
  • Filed: 08/01/1997
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved imaging and interventional method wherein a target region is treated with an interventional catheter, said improvement comprising sweeping an ultrasonic signal radially within said target region using an imaging guidewire which is movably disposed within the interventional catheter to produce a cross-sectional image of the target region.

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