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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Rudolf Maria Jozef Voncken, Eindhoven, NL;
Jacob Roger Haartsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Maurice Hubertus Elisabeth Van Der Beek, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A deflectable medical device () includes a shape memory alloy wire () integrated into a flexible elongated body (). The shape memory alloy wire () is arranged to shorten upon receiving energy from an energy supply (), thereby deflecting the medical device (). A rod () positioned in a lumen () of the flexible elongated body () and compressed between a fixture () in the proximal end () of the elongated body () and the distal end () of the elongated body () is responsible for the shape memory alloy wire () recovering its initial length upon discontinuation of energy supply.