Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Catheter control systems
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Application No.: US14795325Application Date: 2015-07-09
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Publication No.: US11350815B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Christopher A. Rothe , Juan Diego Perea , David Miller , Vahid Saadat , Zachary J. Malchano , Ruey-Feng Peh
- Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B1/005
- IPC: A61B1/005 ; A61M25/01 ; A61M25/00

Abstract:
A medical manipulation assembly comprises a catheter including distal and proximal steerable portions with working channels. The assembly further comprises a steerable sheath through which the steerable portions extend. A distal steering mechanism, including a first lumen extending along a longitudinal axis of the catheter, bends the distal steerable portion. A proximal steering mechanism, including a second lumen extending along the axis and defined by a wall, bends the proximal steerable portion by rotational movement of the proximal steering mechanism independently of the distal steerable portion. The wall is rotatable about the axis. Distal pullwires extend between the distal steerable portion and the distal steering mechanism. Proximal pullwires extend between the proximal steerable portion and the proximal steering mechanism. The second lumen is axially aligned with an access lumen extending proximally from the proximal steering mechanism through which the distal and proximal working channels may receive a visualization instrument.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150314107A1 Catheter Control Systems Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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