MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE

• Main Authors: Salahieh, Amr, Saul, Tom, Schaer, Alan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.04.2023
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

Ultrasound imaging tools are configured with rotation and deflection control. Methods of controlling an ultrasound imaging transducer may include advancing a distal end region of a catheter assembly to an anatomical region of interest, the catheter assembly may include a rotatable shaft carrying an ultrasound imaging transducer; and a deflectable shaft. Actuating a first actuator of a handle assembly may cause rotational movement of the rotatable shaft relative to the deflectable shaft, which thereby causes rotational movement of the ultrasound imaging transducer; and actuating a second actuator of the handle assembly to cause deflection of the deflectable shaft, where the handle assembly includes a handle body with an outer surface that can be gripped by a user, and where the first actuator and the second actuator are circumferentially disposed about a longitudinal axis of the handle body.