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7618374 |
Image plane sensing methods and systems for intra-patient probes
A position of an imaging plane relative to a catheter or other probe is aligned with tissue of interest. Ultrasound tissue images may be registered to the catheter position with minimal rotational...
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7613493 |
Automatic/manual longitudinal position translator and rotary drive system for catheters
An automatic pullback catheter system ( 2 ) includes a disposable catheter assembly ( 6 ) mountable to a drive assembly ( 4 ). The drive assembly includes a body ( 8 ) to which a drive. chassis (...
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7612773 |
Apparatus and method for rendering for display forward-looking image data
An apparatus and method for rendering for display forward-looking image data. The apparatus includes rendering for display image data from a forward-looking conical section of tissue collected by...
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7603159 |
Method for transcutaneous catheter guiding
The invention relates to a method of determining the position of a catheter introduced along a guide wire inserted into a body, in which method an image of the guide wire and the body region at the...
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7572224 |
Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic probe including a piezoelectric element, a first acoustic matching layer provided on the front face of the piezoelectric element and formed of a solid...
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7494467 |
Medical system having multiple ultrasound transducers or an ultrasound transducer and an RF electrode
An ultrasound medical system includes an ultrasound transducer assembly having various combinations of ultrasound transducers having different-shaped ultrasound emitting surfaces and/or different...
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7493219 |
Method of discriminating particle groups and particle analyzer
A method for discriminating particle groups comprises generating, by a particle analyzer, a particle characteristic distribution histogram in which the abscissa indicates respective channels for...
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7473224 |
Deployable ultrasound medical transducers
An ultrasound medical system includes a tube and resiliently flexible fingers. The tube has a distal end insertable into a patient and has a lumen with a distal opening. The fingers are extendable...
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7452331 |
Vascular adjustable multi-gauge tilt-out method and apparatus for guiding needles
An apparatus and method for guiding a needle in conjunction with a biopsy using a medical imaging device, where an open-ended needle guide with an adjustable pivoting multi-gauge needle stop is...
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7326201 |
Thermal treatment methods and apparatus with focused energy application
A collapsible ultrasonic reflector incorporates a gas-filled reflector balloon, a liquid-filled structural balloon an ultrasonic transducer disposed within the structural balloon. Acoustic energy...
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7322990 |
Needle guide for stereotactic biopsy
In a biopsy system having a biopsy needle guide secured to a needle guide support bracket, a biopsy needle guide is provided that includes a body having a periphery that defines an edge of the...
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7247141 |
Intra-cavitary ultrasound medical system and method
A method for medically employing ultrasound within a body cavity of a patient. An end effector is obtained having a medical ultrasound transducer assembly. A biocompatible hygroscopic substance is...
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7235052 |
Ultrasound detectable instrument with bubble generator
Ultrasound detectable instrument including a bubble generator having two elements which, upon contact with each other in the presence of a fluid, react with each other to produce gas bubbles which...
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7166075 |
Elastographic imaging of in vivo soft tissue
Elastographic images provide visualization in two or three dimensions of RF ablation lesions to guide in the ablation process. Compression may be applied using the RF probe. A similar technique may...
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7118533 |
Disinfecting and storage apparatus for a trans-esophageal probe
An apparatus adapted for use with a trans-esophageal probe. The apparatus comprises a disinfecting unit and a storage unit, each of which includes a tubular housing having an interior, upper and...
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7081113 |
Helical probe
The present invention relates to a therapeutic probe adapted to aid in the insertion and navigation of the probe into delicate tissue structures, and to provide protection of adjacent tissue...
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7074189 |
Endoscopically deliverable ultrasound imaging system and method of use
An ultrasound imaging system has an ultrasound probe adapted to be placed in an instrument working channel of an endoscope, the ultrasound probe having a probe housing; an ultrasound transducer...
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7052463 |
Method and apparatus for cooling a contacting surface of an ultrasound probe
A cooling system for an ultrasonic imaging system is provided, the ultrasonic imaging system having a probe for transmitting and receiving acoustic signals through a tip of the probe to and from...
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7014610 |
Echogenic devices and methods of making and using such devices
Echogenic devices, and methods of making and using such devices, are disclosed. In one aspect, the devices include a porous polymeric material that is preparable by extracting a phase separated...
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6969354 |
Adaptable intraoperative or endocavity ultrasound probe
An intraoperative or endocavity ultrasound probe for insertion into a patient is provided. An adaptable or adjustable section is provided between the handle and the transducer for rotating the...
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6926671 |
Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method combines dynamically focused reception and coded transmission/reception technologies by inexpensive circuitry. A receive aperture is divided into smaller...
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6884220 |
Optical transesophageal echocardiography probe
The present invention concerns an optical transesophageal echocardiography probe (OPTEE) having an optical fiber bundle, a suction channel and light channels for illumination, wherein the OPTEE has...
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6783497 |
Two-dimensional ultrasonic array with asymmetric apertures
A sparse array that uses a small fraction of a fully populated array but yields a radiation pattern that is suitable for high quality medical imaging. The sparse array consists of two or more...
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6780183 |
Ablation catheter having shape-changing balloon
A circumferential ablation catheter is provided that is particularly useful for ablating a circumferential region of tissue in a tubular region of or near the heart, such as a pulmonary vein. The...
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6779257 |
Method of making a flexible elongate member
A method of making a flexible elongate member includes the steps of providing a core wire having a proximal region and a distal region, attaching an electrical device to the distal region of the...
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6773402 |
Location sensing with real-time ultrasound imaging
Apparatus for mapping a surface of a cavity within a body of a subject includes an elongate probe, having a longitudinal axis and including a distal portion adapted for insertion into the cavity. A...
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6761693 |
Device and method for detecting opening of passage in bodily cavity
A method and device for detecting opening of a passage in a bodily cavity, the device including an electric signal source; a first transducer for converting an electric signal from the electric...
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6755791 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes one transmitting coil arranged in the longitudinal direction of an endoscope inserting portion in an ultrasonic endoscope, and another transmitting coil...
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6749572 |
Transesophageal ultrasound probe having a rotating endoscope shaft
A transesophageal ultrasound probe for imaging internal structures via an imaging element located on the distal end of a rotating endoscope shaft. The probe includes a rotating endoscope having an...
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6746402 |
Ultrasound system and method
A surgery dedicated ultrasound system is described. The system is used for imaging and/or guidance and/or controlling purposes. The surgeon uses and controls the system and accesses the information...
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6743180 |
Pressure sensor for use in an artery
A device for introduction into an animal or human body, especially into an artery. The device is preferably positioned in an aneurysmal sac in an artery between the wall of the artery and the wall...
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6733451 |
Apparatus and method for an ultrasonic probe used with a pharmacological agent
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method of using an ultrasonic probe with a pharmacological agent to enhance an occlusion treating effect of the ultrasonic probe to effectively...
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6730037 |
Vascular catheter having low-profile distal end
An ultrasonic imaging catheter comprises a catheter body having a distal region and proximal region. The distal region has a reduced cross-sectional area compared to that of the proximal region,...
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6719700 |
Ultrasound ranging for localization of imaging transducer
The present invention provides systems and methods for localizing an ultrasound imaging transducer. The ultrasound imaging transducer is operated in a first resonant mode to transmit an ultrasound...
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6716176 |
Device for use in temporary insertion of a sensor within a patient's body
A device for use in placing a non-sterile sensor probe such as an ultrasound scanning transducer in a desired position within a patient. A flexible probe-receiving tube has a closed distal end so...
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6716166 |
Three-dimensional reconstruction using ultrasound
Apparatus for mapping a surface of a cavity within a body of a subject includes an elongate probe, having a longitudinal axis and including a distal portion adapted for insertion into the cavity. A...
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6712766 |
Ultrasonic probe
An ultrasonic probe includes a sheath having a distal end insertable in a body cavity or a lumen, a proximal end having an injection port allowing an ultrasonic wave propagating liquid to be...
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6656136 |
Use of focused ultrasound for vascular sealing
A method and system for locating a vascular opening and therapeutically sealing the wound with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is disclosed. A control unit ( 6 ) coupled to an applicator...
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6645148 |
Ultrasonic probe including pointing devices for remotely controlling functions of an associated imaging system
An ultrasonic probe is provided for use in medical diagnostic applications. The probe includes one or more ultrasonic transducers disposed in an external housing and a plurality of cables disposed...
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6641540 |
Miniature ultrasound transducer
An ultrasonic transducer ( 108 ) for use in medical imaging comprises a substrate ( 300 ) having first and second surfaces. The substrate ( 300 ) includes an aperture ( 301 ) extending from the...
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6626866 |
Cardioplegia access view probe and method of use
A probe having the ability to deliver cardioplegia solution to the coronary sinus under direct visualization and to provide venous drainage from the right atrium for cardiopulmonary bypass. The...
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6613005 |
Systems and methods for steering a focused ultrasound array
A focused ultrasound system includes a transducer array including a plurality of sub-arrays, each sub-array defining an acoustic emission surface and including a plurality of transducer elements...
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6589181 |
Adaptive cancellation of ring-down artifact in imaging
In an intravascular ultrasonic (IVUS) imaging system ring-down artifact is reduced or eliminated by dynamically enhancing the ring-down over a plurality of scans, determining the ring-down range by...
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6585666 |
Arthroscopic diagnostic probe to measure mechanical properties of articular cartilage
A mechanical diagnostic probe is used to determine the thickness of articular cartilage, so that any degeneration in the articular cartilage can be detected at an early stage. The probe...
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6582368 |
Medical instrument sheath comprising a flexible ultrasound transducer
An ultrasound transducer comprises a sheath body constructed from a nonconductive material. The sheath body is configured to be installed over a medical device. A piezoelectric copolymer transducer...
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6547739 |
Transesophageal probe with improved control panel
A multiplane transesophageal probe ( 20 ) includes a transducer ( 28 ) and a handle ( 30 ). The handle incorporates a control ( 40 ) mounting switches ( 51-58 ). The switches and control panel are...
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6540680 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
An ultrasonic image diagnostic apparatus measures an arbitrary elapsed time in an arbitrary time measuring circuit, and simultaneously displays this time information and an ultrasonic image on a...
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6529760 |
Intravascular imaging guidewire
An intravascular imaging guidewire which can accomplish longitudinal translation of an imaging plane allowing imaging, by acoustic other high quality imaging energy, of an axial length of a region...
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6514210 |
Forward viewing and radial scanning ultrasonic endoscope
In a radial scan, forward viewing ultrasonic endoscope, centering mating portions that permit the outer surface of an ultrasonic probe and the outer surface of a tip body to meet flush with each...
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6497667 |
Ultrasonic probe using ribbon cable attachment system
An ultrasonic transducer probe uses one or more ribbon cables to attach the transducer elements to the probe wiring. Electrical conductors within a first ribbon cable attach to corresponding lands...
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