Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Out of plane deflectable catheters
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Application No.: US16401397Application Date: 2019-05-02
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Publication No.: US11583658B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Zhongping C. Yang , Megan L. Platner , Kimberly A. Ganzel , Jay T. Rassat , Michael L Freiborg , Varun Bhatia , Terrell M. Williams
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61M25/00
- IPC: A61M25/00 ; A61N1/05 ; A61M25/01

Abstract:
An example catheter includes a handle assembly having a control member, an elongate body, a pull wire, and at least one radiopaque marker. The elongate body defines a lumen configured to receive a medical electrical lead including at least one electrode array. The elongate body includes a proximal portion coupled to the handle assembly and a distal portion that includes an articulating segment and a preformed curve segment. The at least one radiopaque marker is positioned on the distal portion. The pull wire extends from the control member and is anchored to the elongate body distal to the articulating segment such that actuation of the control member controllably bends the articulating segment in a first curve in a first geometric plane. The preformed curve segment defines a second curve in a second geometric plane different from the first geometric plane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200155798A1 OUT OF PLANE DEFLECTABLE CATHETERS Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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