Patents by Inventor Rovil Rae Pascual Arcia

Rovil Rae Pascual Arcia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8840560
    Abstract: A hand-operated intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter is described for flexed and rotational steering is described for improved catheter operation, control and less trauma on patients. The disclosed catheter assembly includes ultrasound transducers mounted upon a rotatable tip mounted on a distal end of a flexible elongate shaft. A set of steering lines are controlled by a steering actuator to articulate bidirectionally a distal segment of the catheter. Another steering actuator controls rotation of a torque member that, in turn is coupled to the rotatable tip. A user, through the steering actuators, affects repositioning the ultrasonic transducers by repositioning exposed control surfaces of the steering actuators lengthwise along the housing of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Volcano Corporation
    Inventors: Norman Hugh Hossack, Richard Scott Huennekens, Rovil Rae Pascual Arcia, Ernest W. Heflin, Stephen C. Davies, Richard Klosinski, Blair D. Walker, Chak M. Leung