公开(公告)号：US20240306901A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18604606

申请日：2024-03-14

Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Inventor： Abdiqadar Ahmed MOHAMUD ,  Brent DOLAN ,  Brian Paul EDISON ,  Steven LUNDEEN

IPC: A61B1/008 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/005 ,  A61M25/01

CPC classification number: A61B1/008 ,  A61B1/0011 ,  A61B1/0055 ,  A61B1/0057 ,  A61M25/0138 ,  A61M25/0147

Abstract: An articulation joint for a medical device has a proximal end and a distal end. The articulation joint includes a plurality of links, one or more actuating wire, and at least one stiffening element. Each link of the plurality of links is configured to articulate relative to adjacent links of the plurality of links. Each actuating wire extends through an actuation channel of the plurality of links. Each actuating wire is fixedly attached proximate the distal end of the articulation joint and translatable relative to the plurality of links to articulate the articulation joint. The at least one stiffening element extends through a stiffening channel of the plurality of links. The at least one stiffening element has a proximal end fixedly attached to one link of the plurality of links and has a distal end fixedly attached to another link of the plurality of links.

公开(公告)号：US20230165446A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US17992975

申请日：2022-11-23

Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Inventor： Brent DOLAN ,  Sean POWELL ,  Raymond David GESSLER, III ,  Brian Paul EDISON

IPC: A61B1/008 ,  A61B1/005

CPC classification number: A61B1/008 ,  A61B1/0057 ,  A61B1/0052 ,  A61M25/0138

Abstract: A medical device including a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, first and second articulation wires coupled to the handle, and an articulation member at a distal end of the shaft, wherein the articulation member includes a central longitudinal axis within a first bending plane. The first and second articulation wires lie within the first bending plane, the articulation member includes a plurality of links arranged about the central longitudinal axis, a first link of the plurality of links is attached to an adjacent, second link of the plurality of links via a first pair of hinges, and a first hinge from the first pair of hinges is arranged on a first side the first bending plane, and a second hinge from the first pair of hinges is located on a second side of the bending plane, opposite the first side.