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Devices for creating collateral channels

  • US 6,749,606 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2001
  • Issued: 06/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical device for detecting motion within tissue by observing a Doppler shift and for creating channels in tissue, the medical device comprising:

  • a flexible elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end;

    a transducer assembly adapted to generate a source signal and receive a reflected signal, a portion of said assembly located adjacent to said distal end of said elongate member, said transducer assembly comprising a lens located at said distal end of said transducer assembly, and having a front surface; and

    at least one heating element where at least a portion of the heating element is disposed on the front surface of the lens.

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