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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Biotronik Ag, Buelach, CH;
Felix Westhoff, Zurich, CH;
Nuria Rothfuchs, Zurich, CH;
BIOTRONIK AG, Buelach, CH;
Abstract
A handle for a catheter having an inner shaft and a retractable shaft. The handle includes a housing, a pull cable and a release button mounted movably on the housing. A sleeve is secured in the housing and a brake hose is guided movably in the longitudinal direction in a continuous opening of the sleeve. The brake hose has a first continuous opening for arrangement of the pull cable and a second continuous opening for arrangement of the inner shaft. The brake hose configured and arranged such that its position relative to the sleeve in a first state is fixed by the release button, and such that the brake hose in a second state is displaceable after actuation of the release button together with the pull cable in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve and relative to the sleeve and the inner shaft in the proximal direction in order to retract the retractable shaft, such that the retractable shaft can be connected to the pull cable.