Ultrasound array transducer for catheter use
CA 2492771 C · Owner: Vermon · Inventors: Nguyen-Dinh, An; Mauchamp, Pascal; Auclair, Philippe
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A catheter-based ultrasonic transducer array (2) is provided which includes a piezoelectric member (22) sandwiched between matching layers (23) and a backing member (21). A flexible stiffening element or elements is embedded in the backing member. The element (10a, 10b) is opaque to radio frequencies and integrated along the azimuthal axis of the array (2) so as to enable a user to view the element in an image of the array derived from the array (2) output and thus determine the angular position of the array (2). A flexible interconnection assembly (11) provides an electrical connection between the electrodes of the piezoelectric member (22) and external cabling. Different methods …
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- Filed July 16, 2003 and granted April 2, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 16, 2023.
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