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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2018
Steerable Instruments NV, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, BE;
Frank Dewaele, De Pinte, BE;
Bart Blanckaert, Eeklo, BE;
Cyriel Mabilde, Oudenaarde, BE;
Lieven Maene, Knokke-Heist, BE;
Alain Kalmar, Ghent, BE;
Steerable Instruments NV, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, BE;
Abstract
A longitudinal steerable tool () having a proximal () and distal () end comprising a sub-region that is a proximal amplifier region, PAR, () wherein the LMs () are arranged around a fictive tube () exhibiting size-decremental plane sections in a distal direction, and comprising a sub-region that is a distal attenuating region, DAR, () wherein the LMs () are arranged around a fictive tube () exhibiting size-incremental plane sections in a distal direction. Further provided is a longitudinal steerable tool () having a sheath unit () disposed at least partially over each of a bendable proximal part () and/or bendable distal part (), the sheath unit () having less compliance in a radial direction compared with in an axial direction.