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Thomas E. Milner0
Jung-Hwan Oh0
Marc D. Feldman0
Paul Castella0
Shaochen Chen0
Date of Patent
March 24, 2015
Patent Application Number
12911541
Date Filed
October 25, 2010
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The present invention relates to a rotating catheter tip for optical coherence tomography based on the use of an optical fiber that does not rotate, that is enclosed in a catheter, which has a tip rotates under the influence of a fluid drive system to redirect light from the fiber to a surrounding vessel and the light reflected or backscattered from the vessel back to the optical fiber.
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