CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00375 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A catheter ultrasound (US) transducer container, the catheter US transducer comprising:
a housing;
at least one cooling channel, oriented longitudinally along a longitudinal axis of the housing;
a sealing cooling channel cover;
one or more piezoelectric (PE) PE elements positioned on a floor of said cooling channel and having an emitting surface facing said cover; and
wherein said cooling channel has a trapezoid cross section at any point along said PE element.
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