Method of making a flexible device shaft with angled spiral wrap
    3.
    发明授权
    Method of making a flexible device shaft with angled spiral wrap 有权
    制造具有成角螺旋形包装的柔性装置轴的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08677602B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-25

    申请号:US13357676

    申请日:2012-01-25

    IPC分类号: B23P13/00 H01B7/17

    摘要: Spiral-wound materials, spirals, and shafts made therefrom that have wraps with edges that may nest within one another are described. Such edges allow the spiral to achieve a smaller bending radius, meaning tighter turns and more flexibility due to the ability of adjacent wraps to nest within each other when the shaft is bent. Spirals having wraps with edges capable of nesting can be used in the medical field for devices that track anatomy, such as endoscopes, colonoscopes, catheters, and the like.

    摘要翻译: 描述了螺旋缠绕材料,螺旋形和由其制成的轴,它们可以彼此嵌套的边缘包裹。 这样的边缘允许螺旋获得较小的弯曲半径,这意味着由于当轴弯曲时相邻的缠绕层彼此嵌套的能力,意味着更紧的匝数和更大的柔性。 具有能够嵌套的边缘的螺旋可以用于医疗领域用于追踪解剖结构的装置,例如内窥镜,结肠镜,导管等。

    Processes for producing polymer coatings through surface polymerization
    6.
    发明申请
    Processes for producing polymer coatings through surface polymerization 失效
    通过表面聚合生产聚合物涂层的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080145516A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-19

    申请号:US12070275

    申请日:2008-02-14

    IPC分类号: B05D3/10 A61F2/82

    摘要: A medical device with a therapeutic agent-releasing polymer coating. The medical device is provided by a method that comprises: (a) attaching at least one reactive species to a medical device surface, which reactive species leads to chain growth polymerization in the presence of monomer; (b) contacting the reactive species with at least one monomer species, thereby forming a polymer coating on the surface of the medical device; and (c) providing at least one therapeutic agent within the polymer coating. The therapeutic agent may be incorporated during formation of the polymer coating or after formation of the polymer coating. The at least one reactive species can comprise, for example, a free radical species, a carbanion species. a carbocation species, a Ziegler-Natta polymerization complex, a metallocene complex, and/or an atom transfer radical polymerization initiator. Alternatively, the medical device is provided by a process comprising: (a) immobilizing least one polymerization catalyst at a medical device surface, which polymerization catalyst leads to polymerization in the presence of monomer; (b) contacting the medical device surface with at least one monomer species, thereby forming a polymer coating at the surface of the medical device; and (c) providing at least one therapeutic agent within the polymer coating.

    摘要翻译: 具有治疗剂释放聚合物涂层的医疗装置。 该医疗装置由一种方法提供,该方法包括:(a)将至少一种反应性物质附着到医疗器械表面上,该反应性物质在单体存在下导致链增长聚合; (b)使反应性物质与至少一种单体物质接触,从而在医疗装置的表面上形成聚合物涂层; 和(c)在聚合物涂层内提供至少一种治疗剂。 治疗剂可以在形成聚合物涂层期间或在形成聚合物涂层之后引入。 至少一种反应性物质可以包含例如自由基物质,碳负离子物质。 碳阳离子种类,齐格勒 - 纳塔聚合络合物,茂金属络合物和/或原子转移自由基聚合引发剂。 或者,医疗装置由包括以下步骤的方法提供:(a)在医疗器械表面固定最少一种聚合催化剂,该聚合催化剂在单体存在下导致聚合; (b)使医疗器械表面与至少一种单体物质接触,从而在医疗装置的表面形成聚合物涂层; 和(c)在聚合物涂层内提供至少一种治疗剂。

    Selectively rotatable shaft coupler
    8.
    发明授权
    Selectively rotatable shaft coupler 有权
    可选择旋转轴联轴器

    公开(公告)号:US08197400B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-12

    申请号:US11238153

    申请日:2005-09-28

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00 F16L27/00

    摘要: The present invention is a system for dissipating loops in an elongated medical device having one end secured to an anchor point, such as a housing. The system includes a selectively rotatable shaft coupler that connects a shaft to the anchor point that allows a limited amount of shaft rotation during use, but which sets a restriction on the maximum amount of shaft rotation. In another embodiment, the invention provides a shaft coupling system for connecting a proximal end of an endoscope shaft to an object without the use of adhesives or fasteners. In another embodiment, the invention provides a rotatable shaft coupling system for rotatably coupling a first and second shaft segment.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是一种用于在细长的医疗装置中消散环的系统,其具有固定到诸如壳体的锚定点的一端。 该系统包括可选择地旋转的轴联接器,其将轴连接到锚定点,其在使用期间允许有限量的轴旋转,但是这限制了轴旋转的最大量。 在另一个实施例中,本发明提供一种用于将内窥镜轴的近端连接到物体而不使用粘合剂或紧固件的轴联接系统。 在另一个实施例中,本发明提供一种用于可旋转地联接第一和第二轴段的可旋转的轴联接系统。

    Flexible device shaft with angled spiral wrap
    10.
    发明授权
    Flexible device shaft with angled spiral wrap 有权
    柔性装置轴带有螺旋形卷曲

    公开(公告)号:US08124876B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-28

    申请号:US12546599

    申请日:2009-08-24

    IPC分类号: H01B7/17

    摘要: Spiral-wound materials, spirals, and shafts made therefrom that have wraps with edges that may nest within one another are described. Such edges allow the spiral to achieve a smaller bending radius, meaning tighter turns and more flexibility due to the ability of adjacent wraps to nest within each other when the shaft is bent. Spirals having wraps with edges capable of nesting can be used in the medical field for devices that track anatomy, such as endoscopes, colonoscopes, catheters, and the like.

    摘要翻译: 描述了螺旋缠绕材料,螺旋形和由其制成的轴,它们可以彼此嵌套的边缘包裹。 这样的边缘允许螺旋获得较小的弯曲半径,这意味着由于当轴弯曲时相邻的缠绕层彼此嵌套的能力,意味着更紧的匝数和更大的柔性。 具有能够嵌套的边缘的螺旋可以用于医疗领域用于追踪解剖结构的装置,例如内窥镜,结肠镜,导管等。