SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING A MOTOR DISTALLY-POSITIONED WITHIN A CATHETER OF AN INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM
摘要
An imaging core, that is configured and arranged for insertion into a catheter, includes a mirror disposed at a distal end of a rotatable driveshaft; a motor coupled to the driveshaft and including a rotatable magnet and at least two magnetic field windings disposed around at least a portion of the magnet on a rigid slotted material; and at least one fixed transducer positioned between the motor and the rotatable mirror. The driveshaft extends through an aperture in the magnet to allow passage of the driveshaft through the at least one transducer to the rotatable mirror. At least one transducer conductor is electrically coupled to the at least one transducer and in electrical communication with the proximal end of the catheter. At least one motor conductor is electrically coupled to the magnetic field windings and in electrical communication with the proximal end of the catheter.
申请公布号
EP2413803(A1)
申请公布日期
2012.02.08
申请号
EP20100728460
申请日期
2010.03.24
申请人
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
发明人
HASTINGS, ROGER, N.;PIKUS, MICHAEL, J.;TEO, TAT-JIN;RICHARDSON, LEONARD, B.;EDMUNDS, KEVIN, D.