US Patent Issued to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY on July 8 for "Rotational intravascular ultrasound probe and method of manufacturing the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,099, issued on July 8, was assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY Corp. (San Diego).

"Rotational intravascular ultrasound probe and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Stephen Charles Davies (Ed Dorado Hills, Calif.), Norman H. Hossack (Folsom, Calif.) and Peter Smith (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotational intravascular ultrasound probe for insertion into a vasculature and a method of manufacturing the same. The rotational intravascular ultrasound probe comprises an elongate catheter having a flexible body and an elongate transducer shaft disposed within the flexible body. The transducer shaft ...