Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Assemblies and methods for deflectable shaft catheters
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Application No.: US14694579Application Date: 2015-04-23
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Publication No.: US09937322B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Ronald A Drake , Lester O Stener
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Main IPC: A61M31/00
- IPC: A61M31/00 ; A61M25/01 ; A61M25/00 ; A61M39/22

Abstract:
A catheter assembly includes a pull wire and a control member subassembly, wherein the pull wire is secured to a post of the subassembly that may extend through a slot of a handle, and an engagement feature of the subassembly, being supported by an elastically deformable support of the subassembly resting on a railway of the handle, confronts a mating feature of the handle to interlock therewith, responsive to the support being un-deformed. The post, engagement feature, and support may be integrally formed together in a single-piece component, wherein the engagement feature may be one or two rows of teeth formed in a surface of an upper portion of the component, and the support may be a pair of flexible cantilever beam members of a lower portion of the component. Furthermore, the mating surface and railway may be integrally formed in an inner surface of a shell of the handle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160310700A1 ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR DEFLECTABLE SHAFT CATHETERS Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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