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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
James Weldon, Newton, MA (US);
Scott E. Brechbiel, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2005.12); A61B 1/00 (2005.12); A61M 25/00 (2005.12); A61M 25/01 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0057 (2012.12); A61B 1/00078 (2012.12); A61B 1/0052 (2012.12); A61M 25/0054 (2012.12); A61M 25/0136 (2012.12); A61M 25/0147 (2012.12);
Abstract
A medical device may include: a shaft configured to be inserted into a body lumen of a subject; a handle at a proximal end of the shaft, the handle including an adjustment mechanism configured to be transitioned from a first configuration, in which the shaft has a first stiffness, to a second configuration, in which the shaft has a second stiffness. The first stiffness may be different from the second stiffness.