US 12,453,531 B2
Electrical wire connection in ultrasound imaging devices, systems, and methods
Wojtek Sudol, Andover, MA (US); and Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp, Beek en Donk (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/258,478
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/068318
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/011741, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/695,977, filed on Jul. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128110 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/445 (2013.01) [A61B 8/56 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10356 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an intraluminal device configured to be positioned within a body lumen of a patient, the intraluminal device comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the intraluminal device further comprises:
a sensor disposed at the distal portion;
a proximal connector comprising a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) disposed at the proximal portion, wherein the PCBA comprises:
a long axis;
a short axis perpendicular to the long axis and extending between a first side and an opposite, second side; and
a plurality of contacts arranged in a line extending in a direction of the long axis; and
a plurality of electrical wires connecting the sensor and the proximal connector,
wherein the long axis of the PBCA is oriented parallel to a length of the plurality of electrical wires,
wherein each electrical wire of the plurality of electrical wires comprises a proximal section terminating at a proximal end,
wherein the proximal end of each electrical wire is attached to a respective contact of the plurality of contacts of the PCBA,
wherein the proximal section of each electrical wire extends at an oblique angle with respect to the line,
wherein the proximal section of the plurality of electrical wires is separate from the PCBA, and
wherein the proximal section of each electrical wire extends outside of the short axis.