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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2010
Brian L. Kidd, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nathan Kastelein, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brian L. Kidd, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nathan Kastelein, St. Louis, MO (US);
Stereotaxis, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A system for operating a catheter having a distal end adapted to be navigated in the body, and a proximal end having a handle with a translatable control and a rotatable control for acting on the distal end of the device includes a support for receiving and engaging the handle of the catheter; a translation mechanism for advancing and retracting the support to advance and retract a catheter whose handle is received in the support; a rotation mechanism for rotating the support to rotate a catheter whose handle is received in the support; a translation operator for engaging the translatable control of a catheter whose handle is received in the support and operating the translatable control to act on the distal end of the device; and a rotation operator for engaging the rotatable control of a catheter whose handle is received in the support and operating the rotatable control to act on the distal end of the device.