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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Corindus, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steven J. Blacker, Framingham, MA (US);
Christopher Zirps, Sharon, MA (US);
Thomas Bromander, Andover, MA (US);
David Handler, Newton, MA (US);
Tal Wenderow, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Corindus, Inc., Newton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.02); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02); A61M 25/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for navigating a guide wire during a catheter procedure, the method includes changing the direction of a distal portion of the guide wire to advance past a junction in a desired path by rotating a proximal end of the guide wire a predetermined amount while the guide wire is being retracted to a point before the junction and then advancing the distal end of the guide wire past the junction through the desired path.