Ultrasonic imaging catheters

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A61B 8/12 (2006.01) A61B 8/06 (2006.01) A61F 2/06 (2006.01) A61B 1/12 (2006.01) A61F 2/00 (2006.01) A61M 29/02 (2006.01)

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CA 2411951

An intravascular ultrasonic imaging catheter is provided with a flexible circuit electrically coupled to a transducer array mounted on the distal end of the catheter, a portion of the flexible circuit being helically wound about the catheter in order to enhance the flexibility of the circuit. The catheter may be a balloon catheter which is also provided with a stent mounted on the balloon, the stent carrying one or more drugs designed to be eluted or washed into a patient's blood stream after the stent ahs been delivered, by a the balloon catheter, into a target area within the patient's vascular system.

L'invention concerne un cathéter d'imagerie ultrasonore, intravasculaire, doté d'un circuit souple couplé électriquement à un ensemble transducteur monté sur l'extrémité distale du cathéter, une portion de ce circuit étant enroulée de façon hélicoïdale autour du cathéter de manière à accroître la souplesse du circuit. Le cathéter peut être un cathéter à ballonnet, également doté d'un extenseur monté sur le ballonnet, cet extenseur étant porteur d'au moins un médicament conçu pour être élué ou lavé dans le flux sanguin du patient après positionnement de l'extenseur -par le biais du ballonnet- dans une zone cible située dans le système vasculaire du patient.

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