Invention Grant
- Patent Title: OCT-IVUS catheter for concurrent luminal imaging
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Application No.: US12173004Application Date: 2008-07-14
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Publication No.: US10219780B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Paul Castella , Nathaniel J. Kemp , Thomas E. Milner , David G. Rosenbaum
- Applicant: Paul Castella , Nathaniel J. Kemp , Thomas E. Milner , David G. Rosenbaum
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Volcano Corporation
- Current Assignee: Volcano Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Main IPC: A61B8/12
- IPC: A61B8/12 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/02 ; A61B8/08
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for in vivo imaging. More specifically, the present invention relates to a catheter that incorporates an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) system and an Intravascular Ultrasound (“IVUS) system for concurrent imaging of luminal systems, such as imaging the vasculature system, including, without limitation, cardiac vasculature, peripheral vasculature and neural vasculature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090043191A1 OCT-IVUS CATHETER FOR CONCURRENT LUMINAL IMAGING Public/Granted day:2009-02-12
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