US 12,402,776 B2
Imaging catheter and imaging device
Xiaochun Li, Jiangsu (CN); Mingxun Guan, Jiangsu (CN); and Duangui Gao, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to MICRO-TECH (NANJING) CO., LTD., Nanjing (CN)
Filed by MICRO-TECH (NANJING) CO., LTD., Jiangsu (CN)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,244.
Application 17/820,244 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/075596, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010144400.5 (CN), filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386853 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/012 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00071 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00114 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/012 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging catheter, comprising:
a metal wire tube, a tip and a retaining ring;
wherein a metal wire is exposed at one end of the metal wire tube to form a conductive end; and
the retaining ring wrapping the conductive end is connected to the tip to make the conductive end electrically connected with the tip;
the metal wire tube has an export end electrically connected with the conductive end and configured to be grounded,
wherein the metal wire tube further comprises a lead, one end of the lead being electrically connected with the conductive end and the other end of the lead being configured to be grounded to form the export end.