Patent ID: 9179857
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N,G01R,H01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidewire, comprising: a guidewire having a distal end sized and shaped for insertion into a subject and a proximal end sized and shaped for insertion into a connector coupled to an MRI scanner, the guidewire comprising an inner conductor extending at least a major length of the guidewire and an outer conductor coaxially disposed about the inner conductor such that the outer conductor has a larger diameter than a diameter of the inner conductor, the outer conductor extending at least the major length of the guidewire; wherein the proximal end of the guidewire comprises: wherein the distal end of the guidewire defines an antenna configured to detect MRI signals, and wherein the inner and outer conductors are configured to conduct the detected MRI signals to the proximal end of the guidewire.