WO1999058059A1 - Optical-acoustic imaging device - Google Patents

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WO1999058059A1
WO1999058059A1 PCT/US1999/004913 US9904913W WO9958059A1 WO 1999058059 A1 WO1999058059 A1 WO 1999058059A1 US 9904913 W US9904913 W US 9904913W WO 9958059 A1 WO9958059 A1 WO 9958059A1
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Victor Spivak
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Priority to US09/623,248 priority patent/US6659957B1/en
Priority to EP99950325A priority patent/EP1059878B1/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/12—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/0093—Detecting, measuring or recording by applying one single type of energy and measuring its conversion into another type of energy
    • A61B5/0095—Detecting, measuring or recording by applying one single type of energy and measuring its conversion into another type of energy by applying light and detecting acoustic waves, i.e. photoacoustic measurements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/0093—Detecting, measuring or recording by applying one single type of energy and measuring its conversion into another type of energy
    • A61B5/0097—Detecting, measuring or recording by applying one single type of energy and measuring its conversion into another type of energy by applying acoustic waves and detecting light, i.e. acousto-optic measurements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/56—Details of data transmission or power supply
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01H—MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES
    • G01H9/00—Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves by using radiation-sensitive means, e.g. optical means
    • G01H9/004—Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves by using radiation-sensitive means, e.g. optical means using fibre optic sensors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/22—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B2017/22038—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for with a guide wire
    • A61B2017/22042—Details of the tip of the guide wire
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
    • A61B90/36—Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for
    • A61B90/361—Image-producing devices, e.g. surgical cameras
    • A61B2090/3614—Image-producing devices, e.g. surgical cameras using optical fibre

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  • the present invention relates to an omnidirectional imaging device for vascular or
  • nonvascular imaging that may be used as an intravascular guidewire.
  • Intra-vascular and non-vascular imaging are very important techniques that provides
  • composition of the subject vessel wall is also important to determine the composition of the subject vessel wall, plaque analysis, and disease processes. It is also important to determine the composition of the subject vessel wall, plaque analysis, and disease processes. It is also important to determine the composition of the subject vessel wall, plaque analysis, and disease processes. It is also important to determine the composition of the subject vessel wall, plaque analysis, and disease processes. It is also important to determine the composition of the subject vessel wall, plaque analysis, and disease processes. It is also important
  • IVUS intra-vascular ultrasound
  • IVUS catheter image scanning is accomplished by a rotating drive shaft causing mechanical
  • the solid state IVUS catheter does not have a rotating driveshaft, but rather produces
  • Each piezoelectric element located within the IVUS. Each piezoelectric element is controlled by a
  • Conventional solid state IVUS devices generally have a lumen adapted to receive a guidewire, and a coaxial cable design which enhances the trackability
  • catherization methods that is, with the catheter situated over a guidewire.
  • PVDF poled polyvinyldiene fluoride
  • PVDF film is used both as a transmitter and as a receiver. However, it is difficult to adapt
  • the receiver elements having a small surface area as compared to the capacitor of the long
  • preamplifiers inside of a space with an outer diameter of less than 1.2 mm is very difficult.
  • an intravascular device in an intravascular device includes a transducer which is precisely located on thin slab of
  • the transducer generates ultrasonic acoustic surface waves that
  • the piezoelectric chip is not small enough to be
  • IVUS devices such as those described above. It would also be useful to have an imaging
  • the present invention is a guidewire imaging device for vascular or non-vascular
  • the imaging device of the imaging device of the first embodiment, and most preferably less than .5 mm in diameter.
  • invention comprises a single-mode optical fiber with at least one Bragg grating and a
  • piezoelectric or piezoceramic jacket which device may achieve omnidirectional (360 )
  • the imaging guidewire of the invention can function as the guidewire for vascular
  • the device of the invention may enable shortened total procedure times, including the fluoroscopy time, and will also reduce radiation exposure to the patient
  • non-vascular imaging with a profile of less than 1 mm, and most preferably less than .5
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a guidewire imaging device for
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a device which is capable of
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide an intravascular imaging technique
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional optical fiber.
  • Fig. 2 is schematic diagram of a PVDF jacketed optical fiber.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a Fiber Bragg Grating based sensor.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic depiction of a PVDF and FBG based ultrasound pulser-receiver of the
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a PVDF and FBG based ultrasound pulser-receiver having a
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a PVDF and FBG based ultrasound pulser-receiver having a
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic depiction of the optical fiber of the invention with a strength member.
  • Fig. 8 is a schematic depiction of an ultrasound imaging catheter of the invention.
  • Fig. 9 is a schematic depiction of a catheter of the invention provided with a spiral strength
  • Fig. 10 is a schematic depiction of a fiber with bead-shaped cladding.
  • Fig. 11 is a schematic depiction of a fiber of the invention with bead cladding and with a
  • Fig. 12 is a device of the invention with bead cladding and with ribs.
  • Fig. 13 is a catheter of the invention adapted with lens apertures.
  • the device of the invention utilizes a single optical fiber, for example but not limited
  • optical fiber is illustrated in fig. 2, which fiber generally consists of layered glass cylinders.
  • This cylinder is surrounded by some form of
  • protective jacket 3 usually of plastic (such as acrylate).
  • plastic such as acrylate
  • Typical cables have a polyethylene sheath 4 that encases the fibers within a
  • strength member 5 such as steel or Kevlar strands.
  • Optical fibers can be broadly classified according to their refractive index profile and
  • Fig. 2 shows an optical fiber coated by a piezoelectric jacket, to which an alternating
  • voltage electrical generator 6 is attached to electrodes 32 situated on either side of the jacket.
  • the generator 6 sends electrical impulses to the electrodes 32, which impulses cause
  • Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors have generated great interest
  • FBGs form an integral part of the optical fiber structure and can be written intracore during
  • Fiber Bragg Grating (“FBG) element 8 will reflect back a narrowband component centered
  • ⁇ represents the grating period.
  • each period is approximately .5 ⁇
  • FIG. 4 One preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 4. This embodiment
  • the jacket may be any suitable piezoelectric or piezoceramic
  • one preferable material is poled PVDF. It is contemplated that other jacket
  • reflected impulses 11 are received by the Bragg grating 8 and recorded by electronic
  • instruments 9 using conventional methods, such as by a photodetector and an oscilloscope.
  • the invention utilizes omnidirectional sonar (pulser-receiver) at each of the imaging locations. If mechanical deformations appear inside the optical fiber, they cause modulation
  • the thickness of the jacket as well as the diameter of the optical fiber may vary significantly
  • the entire device be less than 1mm and most preferably less
  • the ultrasound transmitter device of the invention comprises a single fiber covered by
  • a piezoelectric active (poled) PVDF jacket has a total outside diameter of preferably less than
  • Devices with other frequency transmitters may also be constructed in accordance with
  • the device of the invention includes
  • damped fibers are utilized, transmitters transmitting at less than 40 MHz may be used.
  • accordance with the invention comprises a plurality of Bragg gratings 81 with different periods, each period being approximately .5 ⁇ .
  • ultrasound impulses 141 are received only by the Bragg gratings 81, with the period of A,
  • the device may incorporate a single variable
  • the receiving element is the Bragg grating.
  • a strength member may be optionally added. This strength member is very thin, and
  • the device of the invention is still less
  • the optical fiber is
  • the apertures are rectangular, although other
  • the apertures 15 may be distributed throughout the imaging portion
  • Fig. 9 may be distributed in a pattern, for example a spiral as illustrated in Fig. 9.
  • Example 6 is a catheter version of the device of the invention.
  • optical fiber 2 comprised of a single mode optical fiber 2 with a plurality of Bragg gratings 8.
  • fiber is provided with a jacket 3, and a strength member 51, which has set of apertures 15.
  • the strength member may be made of any hard, flexible and durable biocompatible material
  • Apertures are placed uniformly on the surface of strength member, both along
  • the outside diameter of this device is less than 1mm, and most
  • the device may further have a most
  • the apertures may be constructed using
  • the device is shown with an array of apertures
  • the ultrasound impulses will expand in a direction perpendicular to the
  • the laser 71 it is possible to realize scanning of the received ultrasound signals.
  • instruments 9 receive, process and displaying the resulting images.
  • the fiber as 5 to 10.
  • Example 7 The design of the invention may also comprise more than one optical fiber. If there is
  • Fig. 9 shows a variation of the strength member 52, comprising a spiral strength
  • the Bragg grating interacts with optical waves and with the
  • an additional increase in sensitivity f the device may
  • a filler 16 is used to fill the gaps between the beads. This filler is
  • gap filling filler is selected from the materials which sound velocity c f lower than
  • the filling material functions as a signal
  • Yet another variation of the device of the invention includes a spiral jacket 22, as
  • Another embodiment (illustrated in Fig. 12) includes adding ribs 23 to the jacket In
  • silica ribs should nave
  • the ribs may have varying thicknesses
  • the member may filled with a material with a velocity c L >1500m/sec, and an outside surface

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DE69928231T DE69928231T2 (de) 1998-03-05 1999-03-05 Optisch-akustisch bildgebendes gerät
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JP2000547913A JP4463983B2 (ja) 1998-03-05 1999-03-05 光学音響式の画像化装置
US09/623,248 US6659957B1 (en) 1998-03-05 1999-03-05 Optical-acoustic imaging device
EP99950325A EP1059878B1 (en) 1998-03-05 1999-03-05 Optical-acoustic imaging device
AT99950325T ATE308923T1 (de) 1998-03-05 1999-03-05 Optisch-akustisch bildgebendes gerät
CA002348580A CA2348580C (en) 1998-03-05 1999-03-05 Optical-acoustic imaging device
US10/685,226 US7527594B2 (en) 1998-03-05 2003-10-14 Optical-acoustic imaging device
US12/020,736 US8926519B2 (en) 1998-03-05 2008-01-28 Opitcal-acoustic imaging device
US14/577,980 US9532766B2 (en) 1998-03-05 2014-12-19 Optical-acoustic imaging device

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