公开(公告)号：EP0994801A1

公开(公告)日：2000-04-26

申请号：EP98931790.4

申请日：1998-07-02

申请人： INTERMEDICS INC.

发明人： JOHNSTON, Matthew, M. ,  CONGER, Steven, R.

IPC分类号： B62K3/02 ,  F16F9/06

CPC分类号： A61N1/056 ,  A61B34/73 ,  A61B2034/733 ,  A61M25/0105 ,  A61M25/0127 ,  A61M25/0158

摘要： Magnetically alterable material, such as magnetostrictive material (28, 54), is used in combination with a suitable substrate (30, 56) and a suitable magnetic field to produce a stylet (20) and lead assembly (10) that curves in response to a suitable magnetic field.