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Ultrasound imaging catheter isolation system with temperature sensor

  • US 6,908,434 B1
  • Filed: 01/16/2003
  • Issued: 06/21/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An ultrasound imaging catheter system comprising:

  • an elongated catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end and at least one lumen within said body that extends substantially throughout the length thereof;

    an ultrasound transducer assembly carried by said catheter body adjacent said distal end for use in imaging;

    ultrasound equipment located at a position remote from said catheter body for controlling said ultrasound transducer assembly;

    electrical wires connected between said ultrasound transducer assembly and said ultrasound equipment;

    means carried by said catheter body adjacent said distal end for sensing temperature and means electrically connecting said temperature sensing means to said ultrasound equipment and means responsive to the temperature sensing means for controlling said ultrasound equipment.

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