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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Lawrence J. Gerrans, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Erhan H. Gunday, Great Neck, NY (US);
Alex Hsia, San Jose, CA (US);
Jessie Tung, Cerritos, CA (US);
Lawrence J. Gerrans, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Erhan H. Gunday, Great Neck, NY (US);
Alex Hsia, San Jose, CA (US);
Jessie Tung, Cerritos, CA (US);
Sanovas Intellectual Property, LLC, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A steerable catheter device includes a catheter body, a flexing tip member coupled to a distal end of the catheter body and having a wall with a first plurality of arcuate slits and a second plurality of arcuate slits, the first and second plurality of slits being diametrically opposed and alternating with each other, and an actuator that bends the flexing tip member, wherein at least a portion of the catheter body includes a braided sheath, and wherein each of the first and second plurality of slits has two ends and a center positioned midway between the two ends, and wherein all of the first plurality of slits have centers positioned along a first axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the catheter body and all of the second plurality of slits have centers positioned along a second axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the catheter body.