An imaging catheter device includes a catheter body with a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen a cleaning member disposed at the distal end and an imaging device movably disposed in the lumen and through the cleaning member wherein the cleaning member includes a conduit through which the imaging device moves and a flexible material at least partially occluding the conduit such that the imaging device displaces at least some of the flexible material when moved through the conduit. A method of cleaning an imaging catheter device includes disposing a cleaning member including a conduit and a flexible material at least partially occluding the conduit at a distal end of a catheter lumen positioning an imaging device in the catheter lumen and cleaning the imaging device by moving it through the conduit such that it displaces at least some of the flexible material.
