Patent ID: 8989849
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A rotating catheter aassembly, comprising: a housing; a turbine, the turbine disposed within the housing, wherein the housing includes a central opening that coaxially aligns with a longitudinal bore through the turbine; a conduit that extends through the central opening and the longitudinal bore of the housing and the turbine, respectively; and a reflecting material disposed at one end of the turbine, a fluid drive system operably coupled within the housing and the turbine, wherein the housing, the turbine, the conduit, the reflecting material, and the fluid drive system form a rotating catheter assembly; whereby the turbine rotates around the conduit by the fluid drive system, such that an optical energy emitted from the conduit and reflected by the reflecting material is redirected by the rotation of the turbine.