<p>A device and method to improve the ultrasound visibility of a catheter placed inside the body is described. The catheter is sonically vibrated by an external driver device that transmits the acoustic vibration down the catheter and inside the body. An ultrasound transducer is used to pick up the ultrasound vibrations directly or detects the sonic vibrations using a Doppler mode ultrasound machine.</p>
申请公布号
WO2014189966(A1)
申请公布日期
2014.11.27
申请号
WO2014US38836
申请日期
2014.05.20
申请人
NEW STAR LASERS, INC. A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
发明人
HENNINGS, DAVID, R.;LINDSAY, CRAIG;FULLMER, DAVID, J.;TAYLOR, ERIC, B.;WEISS, ROBERT, A.