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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2012
Applicant:

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arundhati N. Kabe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Troy L. Thornton, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aaron M. Weiss, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/008 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0141 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 1/008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00314 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00783 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0161 (2013.01);
Abstract

A catheter configured for intraluminal delivery to a location in the body of a patient, the catheter comprising a steerable assembly comprising a first segment connected to a second segment; the first segment comprises first and second cylindrical elements connected to each other by a first revolute joint in a first single plane; the second segment comprises third and fourth cylindrical elements connected to each other by a second revolute joint in a second single plane, wherein the first single plane and the second single plane are offset by an angle from each other.


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