Patent ID: 8500648
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: A61B,G10K

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound catheter probe comprising: a catheter having a flexible catheter shaft and a catheter tip case, the catheter tip case having an enclosed volume distal to the catheter shaft; an ultrasound transducer array disposed for reciprocal pivotal movement about a pivot axis within said enclosed volume, the ultrasound transducer array comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers disposed along the pivot axis; and at least a first electrical interconnection member comprising a plurality of conductors arranged side-by-side with electrically non-conductive material therebetween, and having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion coiled within said enclosed volume and electrically interconnected to said ultrasound transducer array, and the second portion helically and fixedly positioned disposed in and along the flexible catheter shaft, wherein upon said reciprocal pivotal movement said coiled first portion of said first electrical interconnection member tightens and loosens.