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Opto-acoustic transducer for medical applications

  • US 5,944,687 A
  • Filed: 04/24/1996
  • Issued: 08/31/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for use in a body comprising:

  • a fiber optic having a proximal end and a distal end; and

    an opto-acoustic transducer, a first portion of said transducer fixedly and operatively connected to said distal end of said fiber optic,wherein at least a second portion of said opto-acoustic transducer vibrates when stimulated by light propagated through said fiber optic, wherein said first and second portions of said transducer are connected wherein the apparatus can be used to disrupt total or partial occlusions within a body lumen.

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