Peter S. McKinnis,Yun Zhou,Sarah Robbins,Neal E. Fearnot
申请号：
US14211780
公开号：
US20140276083A1
申请日:
2014.03.14
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
There are disclosed embodiments of devices and methods for imaging the inside of a body part, particularly a blood vessel. In particular embodiments, a catheter has a tip chamber, within which is an ultrasound transducer mounted on a pivot mechanism, a motor for turning the transducer, and an implement for pivoting the transducer. Examples of such an implement are a linear motor, a shaft or filament, and the pivot mechanism may be biased to return to a base position when the implement is not pivoting the transducer. In other embodiments, a mirror reflecting ultrasound signals from the transducer may be rotated and/or pivoted, using similar mechanisms.
