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(11)EP 3 627 993 A1

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(43)Date of publication:
01.04.2020 Bulletin 2020/14

(21)Application number: 18857076.6

(22)Date of filing:  14.09.2018
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 5/02(2006.01)
A61B 1/005(2006.01)
(86)International application number:
PCT/US2018/051000
(87)International publication number:
WO 2019/055739 (21.03.2019 Gazette  2019/12)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30)Priority: 15.09.2017 US 201762558913 P

(71)Applicant: Infraredx, Inc.
Burlington, MA 01803 (US)

(72)Inventors:
  • BARONE, David
    Lexington MA 02421 (US)
  • DEROSA, Kathleen
    Manchester NH 03104 (US)
  • MADDEN, Sean, P.
    Arlington MA 02474 (US)
  • BECK, John, N.
    Hopkinton MA 01748 (US)

(74)Representative: Karl, Christof 
Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte Prinzregentenplatz 7
81675 München
81675 München (DE)

  


(54)METHOD OF USING AN IMAGING CATHETER WITH A REINFORCED SECTION