US 12,303,333 B2
Electrical wire connection in intraluminal ultrasound imaging devices and system
Wojtek Sudol, Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/793,082
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jan. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/050031
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/144160, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,883, filed on Jan. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052311 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/445 (2013.01) [A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 2562/182 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraluminal imaging device, comprising:
a handle;
a flexible elongate member coupled to the handle, wherein the handle is configured to be manipulated by a user for manual control of the flexible elongate member within a body lumen of a patient, wherein the flexible elongate member comprises a plurality of coaxial cables, wherein each of the plurality of coaxial cables comprises a conductive shield layer; and
an ultrasound imaging assembly positioned at a distal portion of the flexible elongate member and in communication with the plurality of coaxial cables, the ultrasound imaging assembly comprising:
a transducer array configured to obtain ultrasound data;
a first conductive pad; and
a single solder mass positioned over the first conductive pad, wherein the single solder mass contacts and extends between the conductive shield layers of each of the plurality of coaxial cables, wherein the conductive shield layer of each of the plurality of coaxial cables is mechanically and electrically coupled to the first conductive pad and to each other by the single solder mass such that the single solder mass is configured to support a tensile pull load of at least 15 N occurring while the flexible elongate member is under the manual control.