ULTRASOUND CATHETER AND ULTRASOUND CATHETER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230190231A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US18173366

    申请日:2023-02-23

    CPC classification number: A61B8/12 A61B8/445

    Abstract: An ultrasound catheter and an ultrasound catheter system that allow an operator to identify a direction of an image acquired by a transducer. The ultrasound catheter includes: an outer sheath including an accommodation lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end ; a drive shaft movable in an inner sheath along an axial center of the outer sheath; a transducer disposed in the accommodation lumen and fixed to a distal end of the drive shaft; and a radiopaque distal end marker disposed at a distal end portion of the outer sheath, in which the distal end marker includes a marker identification portion extending along the axial center on a part in a circumferential direction, and a marker comparison portion formed in a circumferential direction or a radial direction of the outer sheath with a length and/or an arrangement different from that of the marker identification portion.

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