Frederick J. Bennett,John Zhang,Gary Lichttenegger,James E. Rodriguey,Katsuro Tachibana
申请号:
US13333922
公开号:
US20120095389A1
申请日:
2011.12.21
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
The invention relates to a catheter system. The system comprises a catheter body having a chamber containing a low acoustic impedance medium. The catheter body includes an elongated body with an external surface and an ultrasound transducer having an external side between a first end and a second end. The ultrasound transducer is positioned over the external surface of the elongated body such that the first end is adjacent to the chamber.