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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2019
Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Aadel Al-Jadda, San Carlos, CA (US);
Curtis James Caton, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Andrew Cook, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Medical instruments with variable bending stiffness profiles are disclosed. A medical instrument can include a bending stiffness profile comprising a plurality of bending stiffness zones of substantially constant bending stiffness separated by transition zones. The bending stiffness profile can be achieved by modulating various modalities of the medical instrument along its length. A compound medical instrument can include a scope telescoping within a sheath. A variable bending stiffness profile of the compound medical instrument can be modulated by adjusting the relative position of the scope and the sheath.