United States
US 12,697,094 B2
Image diagnosis catheter
US 12,697,094 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Inventors
- Katsuhiko SHIMIZU; Hiroyuki ISHIHARA; Yasukazu SAKAMOTO; Yoichiro KUWANO
- Publication date
- 2026-08-04
- Filing date
- 2021-09-24
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,697,094 B2 · US12697094 · 12697094
Abstract
An image diagnosis catheter is disclosed, which includes: a sheath inserted into a living body; an ultrasound vibrator capable of transmitting and receiving ultrasound in the sheath; a housing holding the ultrasound vibrator in the sheath; and a drive shaft attached to a proximal side of the housing and rotatable in the sheath, in which an ultrasound transmitting/receiving surface of the ultrasound vibrator facing a radial direction of the sheath is inclined with respect to an extension direction of the sheath such that a distal end of the ultrasound transmitting/receiving surface is closer to…
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