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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Applicants:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Cole, Ossining, NY (US);
Hao Su, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Vijay Parthasarathy, Lexington, MA (US);
Rex Yung, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0041 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61M 25/0152 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0161 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pre-curved steerable catheter includes a catheter body () having a distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a permanently curved flexible end portion (). A pull wire () is disposed in a pull wire lumen within the catheter body. The pull wire extends from the distal end portion to a proximal end portion of the catheter body wherein the pull wire, when tensioned, provides a change in an angle of the curved flexible end portion of the catheter body.