Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 47, Issue 11, 1107002(2020)

A Probe Driven by Miniature Propeller for Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography

He Donghang1,2, Li Zhongliang1,2, Nan Nan1, Ouyang Junyi1,3, Zhang Xi1,2, Yang Chenming1,2, and Wang Xiangzhao1,2
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  • 1Laboratory of Information Optics and Opto-Electronic Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    Intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) is of great significance for early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases and imaging probes are the core components of IVOCT systems. For this purpose, an IVOCT probe driven by a miniature propeller was proposed in this paper. Instead of using electric devices such as micromotors that provided power for beam scanning in traditional endoscopic probes, the probe utilized the kinetic energy of the fluid that flushed away the blood in the imaging of the IVOCT system to drive the propeller installed at the probe end, thereby driving the right-angle prism on the propeller shaft to rotate and realizing the scanning imaging of beams for the vessel walls. Moreover, we improved the driving efficiency of fluid by optimizing the design of the propeller. For the probe, the outer diameter is 1.5 mm and the highest scanning speed can reach 491 r/s. Finally, the imaging ability of the IVOCT system integrating the probe was well verified by the clear tomographic images of the samples like white tapes, green onion tubes, and in vitro artery vessels of chicken hearts.

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    He Donghang, Li Zhongliang, Nan Nan, Ouyang Junyi, Zhang Xi, Yang Chenming, Wang Xiangzhao. A Probe Driven by Miniature Propeller for Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2020, 47(11): 1107002

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    Paper Information

    Category: biomedical photonics and laser medicine

    Received: Jun. 15, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 2, 2020

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    DOI:10.3788/CJL202047.1107002

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