Rodney D. Raabe,Jack Chu,Don Crawford,Jan R. Lau,Xiucai Zhang
申请号：
US14473596
公开号：
US09561023B2
申请日:
2014.08.29
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
Methods and devices for providing improved ultrasound visibility of medical devices intended for intravascular use are described. The inclusion of gas/solid boundary regions within a medical devices improves the resolution of the device under ultrasound visualization. Gas/solid boundary regions may be provided through the use of embedded gas-filled microlumens, microwells, or enclosed pockets within the medical device.
