Imaging catheter

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A61B 8/12 (2006.01)

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CA 2716942

Described herein are imaging catheter system. In an exemplary embodiment, a catheter com-prises a handle assembly (107) having distal and proximal ends, a catheter sheath (125) connected to the distal end of the handle assembly, and an elongat-ed flexible tube (120) connected to the proximal end of the handle assembly. The catheter further compris-es an imaging core (150) slidably received within the catheter sheath, the handle assembly and the elongat-ed tube. The imaging core also includes a slide mem-ber (180), e.g., knob, extending from the imaging core and passing through an elongated slot in the han-dle assembly, allowing a physician to manually pull-back and advance the imaging core within the catheter by sliding the slide member back and forth. Preferably, the elongated tube is long enough so that the motor drive coupled to the proximal end of the catheter is kept outside the sterile field during the imaging procedure.

Linvention concerne un système de cathéter dimagerie. Dans un mode de réalisation illustratif, un cathéter comprend un ensemble poignée (107) doté d'extrémités distale et proximale, une gaine de cathéter (125) reliée à l'extrémité distale de l'ensemble poignée, et un tube flexible allongé (120), relié à l'extrémité proximale de l'ensemble poignée. Le cathéter comprend en outre un noyau d'imagerie (150) reçu de manière coulissante dans la gaine de cathéter, lensemble poignée et le tube allongé. Le noyau dimagerie comprend également un élément coulissant (180), par exemple un bouton, sétendant depuis le noyau d'imagerie et traversant une fente allongée dans l'ensemble poignée, permettant à un médecin de retirer et d'avancer manuellement le noyau d'imagerie dans le cathéter en faisant coulisser l'élément coulissant selon un mouvement de va-et-vient. De préférence, le tube allongé est suffisamment long pour que l'entraînement du moteur couplé à lextrémité proximale du cathéter soit maintenu à lextérieur du champ stérile pendant la procédure dimagerie.

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