US 12,263,047 B2
Intravascular data collection probes and related assemblies
James Booker, Leominster, MA (US); David Ellman, Littleton, MA (US); Douglas Tatosian, West Boylston, MA (US); and Charles Milne, Hudson, MA (US)
Assigned to LightLab Imaging, Inc., Westford, MA (US)
Filed by LightLab Imaging, Inc., Westford, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/243,924.
Application 18/243,924 is a continuation of application No. 17/750,978, filed on May 23, 2022, granted, now 12,036,074.
Application 17/750,978 is a continuation of application No. 16/149,886, filed on Oct. 2, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/567,189, filed on Oct. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0414314 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/39 (2016.02) [A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intravascular data collection probe comprising:
a marker band defining a bore;
a lens defining a beam directing surface, wherein the lens is spaced from the marker band;
an optical fiber extending through the bore of the marker band and having a terminal end optically coupled to the lens, wherein a portion of the lens and a portion of the optical fiber overlap with each other in a single plane; and
a jacket defining a jacket bore, wherein the marker band, the lens, and a section of the optical fiber are disposed in the jacket bore such that the jacket surrounds the marker band, the lens, and a section of the optical fiber.