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Acoustic imaging and doppler catheters and guidewires

  • US 6,074,349 A
  • Filed: 08/11/1997
  • Issued: 06/13/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical device for making Doppler measurements and imaging within a body fluid conduit using a single transducer, comprising:

  • an elongated device body defining a device axis and constructed for positioning a distal end of said device body near a region of interest in said body fluid conduit, and disposed within said device body, an ultrasonic beam-directing assembly constructed to direct a first portion of a given beam of ultrasonic energy from said single transducer in a direction for imaging within said body fluid conduit and to direct a second portion of said given beam of said ultrasonic energy in a different direction for making Doppler measurements within said body fluid conduit.

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