Patent ID: 7604608

Claim:
A method of making an ultrasound catheter for disrupting occlusions in blood vessels, the method comprising: forming a catheter body over a mandrel, wherein the mandrel includes at least one bend for forming a corresponding bend in the catheter body; separating the catheter body from the mandrel; inserting an ultrasound transmission member into a lumen of the catheter body, wherein inserting the ultrasound transmission member reduces an angle of the at least one bend in the catheter body; coupling a distal head with the ultrasound transmission member, such that at least a portion of the distal head extends distally beyond a distal end of the catheter body; and coupling an ultrasound transducer with the ultrasound transmission member, such that ultrasonic energy provided from the ultrasound transducer is transmitted to the ultrasound transmission member and the distal head.