Patent ID: 6283921
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A non-rotatable catheter comprising:an outer catheter body having a wall with an aperture in the wall,an inner catheter body located within the outer catheter body and terminating at a proximal end thereof in the aperture,an ultrasonic transducer array non-rotatably mounted on the catheter at or near a distal end of the catheter,a multiplexer arrangement,at least one of the ultrasonic transducer array and the multiplexer arrangement carried on an outer surface of the inner catheter body, andan inflatable balloon mounted on the catheter at or near the distal end of the catheter,whereby the catheter may be slid over and along a guide wire such that the distal end of the guide wire will lie substantially coaxially with the inner catheter body and the distal end of the outer catheter body.