Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steerable catheters
- Patent Title (中): 导向导管
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Application No.: US13173994Application Date: 2011-06-30
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Publication No.: US08827948B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Enrique Romo , Jeffery B. Alvarez , Francis Macnamara , Gene Reis
- Applicant: Enrique Romo , Jeffery B. Alvarez , Francis Macnamara , Gene Reis
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Hansen Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hansen Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Vista IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: A61M31/00
- IPC: A61M31/00 ; A61M37/00 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B8/12 ; G06T19/00 ; A61B6/12 ; A61B8/08
Abstract:
Medical devices having an elongated steerable member are described herein. In one embodiment, a device includes an elongated body having a proximal section, a distal section, and a working lumen extending through the proximal and distal sections, a first coil having a distal portion, and a proximal portion, the proximal portion of the first coil being slidable relative to the proximal section of the elongated body, and being closer to a wall of the elongated body than to an axis of the elongated body, wherein a lengthwise portion of the distal portion of the first coil is anchored to the distal section of the elongated body, and a first steering wire located within a lumen of the first coil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120071822A1 STEERABLE CATHETERS Public/Granted day:2012-03-22
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