Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steering system tension control devices
- Patent Title (中): 转向系统张力控制装置
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Application No.: US12843318Application Date: 2010-07-26
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Publication No.: US08808169B2Publication Date: 2014-08-19
- Inventor: Francis T. Macnamara , James Duronio , Roy H. Sullivan
- Applicant: Francis T. Macnamara , James Duronio , Roy H. Sullivan
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/005

Abstract:
A steerable shaft of a medical instrument is steered by one or more control cables. The control cables are in contact with a steering system tension control device that reduces the tension in the control cables caused by bends in the shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110021875A1 STEERING SYSTEM TENSION CONTROL DEVICES Public/Granted day:2011-01-27
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