US 11,740,138 B2
Ultrasound catheter
William Russell Kanz, Woodinville, WA (US); Brent Twain Nistal, Seattle, WA (US); Eric Charles Whittaker, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US); Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Redmond, WA (US); Randall James Beyreis, Corcoran, MN (US); Michael Kuehn, Maple Grove, MN (US); Laura Elyn Ortega, Fridley, MN (US); Garrett Prahl, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); and Travis Richard White, Rockford, MN (US)
Assigned to EKOS CORPORATION, Bothell, WA (US)
Filed by EKOS CORPORATION, Bothell, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/702,520.
Application 16/702,520 is a continuation of application No. 15/178,398, filed on Jun. 9, 2016, granted, now 10,656,025.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/173,863, filed on Jun. 10, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0109994 A1, Apr. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/02 (2021.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 7/02 (2013.01) [A61B 17/2202 (2013.01); A61M 25/0009 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a catheter comprising:
inserting an inner tubular body into an outer tubular body;
placing a temperature sensor between the outer and inner tubular body, wherein the temperature sensor is adjacent to an outer surface of the inner tubular body such that the inner tubular body does not extend along the same longitudinal axis as the outer tubular body; and
wherein the inner tubular body is asymmetrical and includes a plurality of indentations along the interior surface of the inner tubular body.