Invention Grant
US09039626B2 Medical device with means to improve transmission of torque along a rotational drive shaft
有权
具有改善沿着旋转驱动轴传递扭矩的装置的医疗装置
- Patent Title: Medical device with means to improve transmission of torque along a rotational drive shaft
- Patent Title (中): 具有改善沿着旋转驱动轴传递扭矩的装置的医疗装置
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Application No.: US12751800Application Date: 2010-03-31
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Publication No.: US09039626B2Publication Date: 2015-05-26
- Inventor: Brian Kent Courtney
- Applicant: Brian Kent Courtney
- Applicant Address: CA Toronto, ON
- Assignee: SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
- Current Assignee: SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
- Current Assignee Address: CA Toronto, ON
- Agency: Hill & Schumacher
- Agent Lynn C. Schumacher; Stephen W. Leonard
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B18/18 ; A61B5/02 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B18/14

Abstract:
The present invention provides minimally invasive imaging probe/medical device having a frictional element integrated therewith for reducing non-uniform rotational distortion near the distal end of a medical device, such as an imaging probe which undergoes rotational movement during scanning of surrounding tissue in bodily lumens and cavities.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100249601A1 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH MEANS TO IMPROVE TRANSMISSION OF TORQUE ALONG A ROTATIONAL DRIVE SHAFT Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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