Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Insertion tube with deflectable tip
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Application No.: US15155850Application Date: 2016-05-16
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Publication No.: US10820923B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Assaf Govari
- Applicant: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Applicant Address: IL Yokneam
- Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Yokneam
- Agency: Frost Brown Todd LLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/34
- IPC: A61B17/34 ; A61B1/005 ; A61B1/233

Abstract:
Apparatus described herein includes a tube, shaped to define a tube lumen and including a distal portion that has a plurality of articulated sections. The apparatus further includes a ribbon that passes longitudinally through the tube lumen and is connected to a distalmost one of the articulated sections, and a control handle disposed at a proximal end of the tube, the control handle being configured to flex the distal portion of the tube by pulling the ribbon. Other embodiments are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170325841A1 Insertion Tube with Deflectable Tip Public/Granted day:2017-11-16
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