| US 7,585,317 B2 | ||
| Stent range transducers | ||
| Charles J. Davidson, Winnetka, Ill. (US); Gil M. Vardi, Chesterfield, Mo. (US); Eric Williams, Evanston, Ill. (US); Stephen Kao, Mountain View, Calif. (US); and Niyazi U. Behyan, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 16, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/758,020. | ||
| Application 10/758020 is a continuation of application No. 09/669060, filed on Sep. 22, 2000, granted, now 6,689,156. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/155611, filed on Sep. 23, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0148006 A1, Jul. 29, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 2/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 623—1.11 | 1 Claim |
| 1. A stent delivery system, said system comprising:
a catheter comprising a catheter body having a distal end, a proximal end and a lumen;
a balloon disposed near said catheter body distal end;
a stent having a wall comprising struts and connectors forming multiple passageways and further comprising a side hole, said
stent disposed over said balloon;
an ultrasound transducer housing having a distal end, a proximal end, and a passage extending through a central portion of
said housing between said distal and proximal ends, said housing having a transducer coupled thereto; and
a positioning guidewire at least partially disposed in said catheter lumen, said guidewire passing through said transducer
housing passage.
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