US 12,220,259 B2
Intravascular devices systems and methods with an adhesively attached shaping ribbon
David Holt Burkett, Panama City Beach, FL (US); and Samuel Ritter, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 15/745,534
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2016, PCT No. PCT/IB2016/053957
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 17, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/013512, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/193,988, filed on Jul. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2018/0214082 A1, Aug. 2, 2018
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/72 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6851 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/026 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 2562/12 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09075 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09108 (2013.01); B29C 65/72 (2013.01); B29C 66/7428 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensing guide wire, comprising:
a flexible elongate member comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion;
a housing structure coupled to the distal portion of the flexible elongate member; and
a sensing element disposed within the housing structure,
wherein the distal portion of the flexible elongate member includes:
a core member; and
a shaping ribbon comprising:
a proximal end at a proximal-most point of the shaping ribbon;
a distal end at a distal-most point of the shaping ribbon;
a length that extends from the proximal-most point to the distal-most point of the shaping ribbon; and
a flattened shape comprising a thickness and a width larger than the thickness, wherein a size of the flattened shape is the same at every point along the length of the shaping ribbon from the proximal-most point to the distal-most point,
wherein the shaping ribbon is fixedly secured to the core member by an adhesive and a connecting sleeve such that the connecting sleeve is disposed distal to and spaced from the sensing element.