DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING A MEDICAL DEVICE WITHIN A BODY LUMEN

    公开(公告)号:WO2021071724A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:PCT/US2020/053553

    申请日:2020-09-30

    IPC分类号: A61B1/005 A61B1/00

    摘要: Various embodiments are generally directed to positioning techniques to facilitate entry of a flexible elongate member (e.g., endoscopic accessory tool) into and/or through selected anatomies, such as by directing a set of positional controls based on feedback from a set of transducers to achieve or maintain a position within a body lumen, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to a feedback loop for positioning or guiding a flexible elongate member into a target configuration for one or more of inspection, orientation, and/or facilitating access to body passageways. In one embodiment, for example, a device manager may include circuitry to operate at least one positional control in a set of positional controls based on data indicative of a current configuration of a flexible elongate member generated by a set of transducers.

    MEDICAL DEVICES FORMED FROM POLYMER FILAMENTS

    公开(公告)号:WO2018125794A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-05

    申请号:PCT/US2017/068162

    申请日:2017-12-22

    IPC分类号: A61L31/04

    摘要: Medical devices and method for manufacturing medical devices are discloses. An example medical device may include a medical device body formed from one or more multi-melting point polymeric filaments. Each of the filaments may include a polymeric blend comprising a first block polymer and a second polymer. The polymeric blend may have a first melting point and a second melting point less than the first melting point. The medical device body may be heat set at a temperature within 10° C of the second melting point.