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7613503 |
Device with infusion holes for imaging inside a blood vessel
An imaging device such as a catheter has a plurality of infusion holes adapted to infuse liquid into the blood stream while substantially preventing radial jetting. An example imaging catheter...
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7604601 |
Display of catheter tip with beam direction for ultrasound system
A medical imaging system for imaging a patient's body includes a catheter having a position sensor and an ultrasonic imaging sensor wherein the position sensor transmits electrical signals...
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7578790 |
Systems and methods for detecting and presenting textural information from medical images
The invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting and presenting textural information from medical images. In one embodiment, a medical imaging system includes an imaging transducer...
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7530953 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector is described. In one implementation, the connector includes a female portion including one or more electrical contacts and a male portion including one or more electrical...
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7524289 |
Resolution optical and ultrasound devices for imaging and treatment of body lumens
A rotationally vibrating imaging catheter and method of utilization has an array of ultrasound or optical transducers and an actuator along with signal processing, display, and power subsystems....
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7500954 |
Expandable ultrasound transducer array
A foldable transducer array is unfolded or deployed for use, providing a larger radiating surface. While folded, the transducer array has a smaller width or volume for insertion into and withdrawal...
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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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7488287 |
Ultrasonic diagnosing system
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has an ultrasonic endoscope, an ultrasonic observing portion, a position detecting unit, a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse. Cross-sectional planes in parallel...
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7319897 |
Localization device display method and apparatus
A localization device display method and apparatus for displaying different views, e.g., of different magnification, based on the proximity of the tip of a pointer tracked by the localization...
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7318806 |
Ultrasound endoscope
A rigid tip end section which is connected to an angle section at the fore distal end of an insertion instrument of an ultrasound endoscope is housed in a casing which can be split into a main...
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7291110 |
Catheter lesion diagnostics
Catheter lesion diagnostics are disclosed.
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7280694 |
Apparatus and method for identifying an organ from an input ultrasound image signal
This invention discloses an apparatus and method for identifying an organ within a human body by calculating the distances of an input ultrasound image signal and the ultrasound image signals...
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7278969 |
Ultrasonic observation system
An ultrasonic observation system of the invention includes a long ultrasonic probe having an ultrasonic sending and receiving portion, which can send and receive ultrasonic, and a holding portion,...
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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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7155272 |
Catheter
An ultrasound catheter includes a transducer unit used for observation of the inside of an organism, observation lumens in which the transducer unit is disposed and which extend in the direction of...
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7090643 |
Ultrasonic imaging device, system and method of use
An ultrasonic probe comprises an elongate structure having a longitudinal axis; a first array of ultrasonic transducer elements extending along an outer surface of the elongate structure in a...
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7074188 |
System and method of characterizing vascular tissue
A system and method is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, an ultrasonic device is...
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7066887 |
Bi-plane ultrasonic probe
Ultrasonic probe devices are provided which are particularly suitable for use as invasive imaging probes such as endocavity probes and endoscopic probes. The probe devices include a dual...
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7060033 |
Ultrasound imaging guidewire with static central core and tip
An ultrasound imaging guidewire, that is inserted into a patient's body. The guidewire has a static central core and an imaging guidewire body comprising an acoustical scanning device. The...
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7037271 |
Medical imaging device
A medical device for creating images of tissue within a body includes a disposable liquid-confining sheath supporting an elongate flexible drive shaft which carries an imaging device such as a...
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7011632 |
Methods and apparatus for ultrasonic compound imaging
Methods and apparatus for achieving a compound ultrasound imaging mode are disclosed. The methods include a step of firing a plurality of ultrasound beams at a single location, receiving first and...
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6960166 |
Speculum having ultrasound probe
A speculum is equipped with an ultrasound probe, for permitting ultrasound visualization during procedures, such as transcervical embryo transfer with In Vitro Fertilization, thus providing...
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6923768 |
Method and apparatus for acquiring and displaying a medical instrument introduced into a cavity organ of a patient to be examined or treated
In a medical treatment/examination device and method for the acquisition and presentation of a medical instrument introduced into a cavity organ of a patient to be examined or treated, particularly...
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6814727 |
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 ( 14...
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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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6716170 |
Body channel motion picture production system
A system for producing a motion picture representing the movement of muscle lining a body channel includes a probe to be inserted in the channel, and a control unit to receive ultrasonic energy...
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6695787 |
Prostate visualization device and methods of use
Methods and apparatus are provided for improved administration of brachytherapy in the treatment of prostate disease. More particularly, a prostate visualization device is provided comprising a...
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6694173 |
Non-contact photoacoustic spectroscopy for photoablation control
A method and system for non-contact laser photoablation to be utilized during vision corrective surgery. Multiple pulses of electromagnetic energy are impinged onto target tissue to ablate and...
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6684094 |
Instrument for medical purposes
The invention concerns an instrument for medical purposes, comprising a housing ( 8 ) which can be introduced into an animal or human body, a movably mounted electromagnetic or acoustic transducer...
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6679849 |
Ultrasonic tee probe with two dimensional array transducer
A semi-invasive ultrasound imaging system for imaging biological tissue includes a transesophageal probe or a transnasal, transesophageal probe connected to a two-dimensional ultrasound transducer...
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6669643 |
Method and apparatus for sonographic examination, biopsy, and excision
Method and apparatus for internal examination of human and other subjects employing special catheters and biopsy wires, in combination with sonographic or fluoroscopic transducers, to provide...
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6592526 |
Resolution ultrasound devices for imaging and treatment of body lumens
A rotationally vibrating imaging catheter and method of utilization has an array of ultrasound transducers and an actuator along with signal processing, display, and power subsystems. The actuator...
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6589182 |
Medical diagnostic ultrasound catheter with first and second tip portions
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a medical diagnostic ultrasound catheter with a tip portion carrying an ultrasound transducer. The tip portion comprises a first portion that is...
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6582372 |
Ultrasound system for the production of 3-D images
An ultrasound system that utilizes a probe in conjunction with little or no specialized 3-D software/hardware to produce images having depth cues. A control unit uses the probe to produce multiple...
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6551247 |
Ultrasonic probe
Disclosed is an ultrasonic probe of high performance and high quality. The ultrasonic probe comprises a high molecular material having a conductive layer and is disposed between a piezoelectric...
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6551245 |
Ultrasonic probe
An ultrasonic probe is provided which may be employed in medical applications to radiate an ultrasonic wave for inspecting the interior of a patient's body noninvasively. The ultrasonic probe...
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6544186 |
System and method for diagnostic imaging
An imaging system and method provides for the automatic leveling of a hologram detector system. A detector system must be precisely oriented in a proper predetermined orientation. The present...
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6530888 |
Imaging probes and catheters for volumetric intraluminal ultrasound imaging
A real time three dimensional ultrasound imaging probe apparatus is configured to be placed inside a body. The apparatus comprises an elongated body having proximal and distal ends with an...
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6524253 |
Volumetric ultrasound imaging with a thinned array
A thinned array of ultrasound transducers includes plural transmitters configured so that each transmitter insonates one segment of a volume at a time and an array of receivers electronically aimed...
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6520916 |
Ultrasound imaging system and method for implantable and invasive devices
An improved system and method to provide visualization of implantable leads, catheters, or other implantable devices is disclosed. According to the invention, an unmodified guiding device such as a...
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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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6511433 |
Active acoustic array for ultrasonic biomedical applications
The present invention relates to a device for detecting cancer in human tissue. The device comprises an acoustic array shaped to conform to and surround a portion of the human anatomy and a...
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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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6494843 |
Transesophageal ultrasound probe with expandable scanhead
An internal imaging probe including an expandable scanhead for improving the positioning of an imaging element mounted on the scanhead. The imaging probe is introduced into the esophagus of a...
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6450963 |
Apparatus and method for ultrasonic imaging of the uterus and fallopian tubes using air and saline
An apparatus for sonographically observing a location and condition of the body. The apparatus has a pump assembly and a catheter assembly fluidly coupled to the pump assembly. The pump assembly...
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6409666 |
Tip end of ultrasonic endoscope
A flexible insertion tube of an endoscope includes a bendable portion that is formed at a tip end portion thereof. The bendable portion is formed to be bendable in an arbitrary direction. A tip end...
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6390973 |
Endoscope for ultrasonic examination and surgical treatment associated thereto
In an endoscope for ultrasonic examination, an optical examination mechanism is provided on a distal end of an insertion portion of the endoscope for endoscopic examination forwardly of the...
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6388257 |
Stepped asymmetric sampling scheme for transmission radiation corrected gamma cameras
An asymmetric sampling scheme for use with a nuclear medicine gamma camera facilitates collection of a full set of higher resolution emission data and lower resolution transmission data with one...
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6371919 |
Method and apparatus for the surgical repair of aneurysms
An attachment assembly and repair graft are disclosed for securing a graft to repair a vessel having an aneurysm therein. The attachment assembly comprises an attachment cuff such that the graft is...
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6364840 |
Acoustic imaging catheter and the like
Acoustic imaging balloon catheters formed by a disposable liquid-confining sheath supporting a high fidelity, flexible drive shaft which carries on its end an ultrasound transducer and includes an...
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