{"number":"US12697094B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Image diagnosis catheter","english":"Image diagnosis catheter"},"abstract":{"original":"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…","english":"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…"},"applicants":["TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA"],"inventors":["Katsuhiko SHIMIZU","Hiroyuki ISHIHARA","Yasukazu SAKAMOTO","Yoichiro KUWANO"],"filingDate":"2021-09-24","publicationDate":"2026-08-04","grantDate":"2026-08-04","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12697094B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12697094B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12697094B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12697094B2"}}