Patent ID: 9649092
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61B,B06B,G01S,G10K

Claim:
1. An apparatus for ultrasound procedures, comprising: a catheter/tubular member for insertion into the body and defining a chamber in a distal end of the catheter/tubular member; a transducer for emitting and/or receiving ultrasound signals within the chamber; a rotary motor including a rotatable shaft extending substantially along a rotating axis, the rotary motor being within or adjacent the chamber and at least a distal end of the rotatable shaft extending within the chamber, wherein operation of the rotary motor rotates the rotatable shaft around the rotating axis; a pivoting mechanism operationally connected to the rotatable shaft of the rotary motor so that the pivoting mechanism rotates in response to rotation of the rotatable shaft, the pivoting mechanism having a base located on and centered with respect to the rotating axis and a pivoting member that is pivotable with respect to the base around a pivoting axis, the pivoting axis being substantially perpendicular to the rotating axis, a forcing member operationally connected to the pivoting member, wherein a force applied via the forcing member controls pivoting of the pivoting member around the pivoting axis.