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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Katalyst Surgical, Llc, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Inventors:
Gregg D Scheller, Wildwood, MO (US);
Matthew N Zeid, Ballwin, MO (US);
Assignee:
KATALYST SURGICAL, LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/008 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00821 (2013.01); A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00469 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2238 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2244 (2013.01); A61F 9/008 (2013.01); A61F 2009/00863 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steerable laser probe may include an actuation structure, a nosecone fixed to the actuation structure by one or more links and one or more link pins, a flexible housing tube, and an optic fiber disposed in the flexible housing tube and the actuation structure. A compression of the actuation structure may be configured to gradually curve the flexible housing tube and the optic fiber. A decompression of the actuation structure may be configured to gradually straighten the flexible housing tube and the optic fiber.