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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bao Khuu, Irvine, CA (US);
Matthew T. Winston, Irvine, CA (US);
Asher L. Metchik, Villa Park, CA (US);
Eric Robert Dixon, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61M 25/0141 (2013.01); A61M 25/0144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Steerable catheter control handles and catheter assemblies that include pull wires and direction and magnitude controls on the handle operable such that adjustment of the direction and magnitude controls adjusts a direction and degree of catheter flex, thereby to steer the catheter as an operator directs.