APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING SMALL CAVITIES

An $i(in vivo) imaging device is provided for producing real-time images of small, moving or stationary cavities and surrounding tissue structure. The imaging device includes a probe assembly of very small dimensions and preferably sufficiently small to fit within cavities having a diameter on the o...

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Hauptverfasser:	PROUDIAN, SALLEE, J, STEPHENS, DOUGLAS, N, EBERLE, MICHAEL J, ZANELLI, CLAUDIO, SAVAKUS, ADAM, D, KIEPEN, HORST, F, RAMMLER, DAVID, H
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SURGERY TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An $i(in vivo) imaging device is provided for producing real-time images of small, moving or stationary cavities and surrounding tissue structure. The imaging device includes a probe assembly of very small dimensions and preferably sufficiently small to fit within cavities having a diameter on the order of that of a human coronary artery. The probe assembly may be mounted to a positioning device such as a catheter, which allows for the use of, for example, conventional guiding catheters and guide wires. Dispositif d'imagerie in vitro permettant de produire des images en temps réel de petites cavités mobiles ou stationnaires et de la structure tissulaire environnante. Le dispositif d'imagerie comprend un ensemble de sondes aux dimensions très réduites, et de préférence suffisamment petites pour passer dans des cavités ayant un diamètre de l'ordre de celui de l'artère coronaire humaine. On peut monter l'ensemble de sondes sur un dispositif de positionnement tel qu'un cathéter, permettant par exemple l'utilisation de cathéters de guidage classiques et de fils de guidage.