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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Xcath, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel H. Kim, Houston, TX (US);
Dong Suk Shin, Houston, TX (US);
Viljar Palmre, Pearland, TX (US);
Younghee Shim, Houston, TX (US);
Bhavik Patel, Houston, TX (US);
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US);
XCATH, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A catheter comprises a hollow sheath, a guidewire extendable through the hollow sheath, where the guidewire comprises a controllably bendable tip portion, a hollow tubular intermediate portion connected to the tip portion, an electrical connection portion connected to the hollow tubular portion, at least a first wire extending through the hollow tubular portion and connected at a first end thereof to a first circumferential conductor and at a second end thereof to a surface of the tip end, and a power supply connector, therein the electrical connection portion is received in the power supply connector and a first terminal in the power supply connector contacts the first circumferential conductor.