System for medical examination or treatment

uspto.gov Oct 30 2007 Cardiology , Patents

The invention relates to a medical investigation and/or treatment system comprising: a catheter system, comprising a catheter (1, 7, 9), with a first sensor (4, 11) of an imaging system for optical coherence tomography with an optical fiber via which the light is directed and is radiated in the area of a catheter tip introduced into an area to be investigated, via which fiber reflection light is directed from an illuminated investigation area to a first image processing unit (22), a second sensor (3, 8, 10) of an intravascular ultrasound imaging system to transmit and receive sound pulses which ...

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