US 12,186,130 B2
Annular integrated circuit controller for intraluminal ultrasound imaging device
Stephen Charles Davies, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/495,593
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Apr. 2, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/058378
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 19, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/178382, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/479,412, filed on Mar. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0008781 A1, Jan. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/445 (2013.01) [A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); B06B 1/0207 (2013.01); B06B 1/0625 (2013.01); B06B 1/0633 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraluminal imaging device, comprising:
a flexible elongate member defining a longitudinal axis and configured to be inserted into a body lumen within a patient;
an imaging assembly disposed at a distal portion of the flexible elongate member, the imaging assembly comprising:
a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements disposed around the longitudinal axis; and
a first integrated circuit controller in communication with the plurality of ultrasound transducer elements,
wherein the first integrated circuit controller comprises:
an annular shape comprising:
a diameter;
a length in a longitudinal direction that is smaller than the diameter;
a face extending along a portion of the diameter, wherein the face is oriented to face the plurality of ultrasound transducer elements; and
an opening extending through the face;
a plurality of first bond pads disposed on an outer portion of the face of the annular shape such that the plurality of first bond pads are oriented to face the plurality of ultrasound transducer elements; and
a plurality of second bond pads disposed on an inner portion of the face of the annular shape around the opening.