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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Meacor, Inc., Ayer, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
MEACOR, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00327 (2013.01);
Abstract
An actuating assembly () for a wire steered device () provided with at least one steering wire (). The actuating assembly () includes a body () for mounting the wire steered device (), an axle () mounted to the body, a wheel () mounted to the axle and including a wire attachment () for attaching the steering wire () thereto with the steering wire () wound around at least part of the wheel (), and an actuator () for selectively rotating the axle (). The wheel () is movable between configurations in which the wheel () is either rotatable about the axle () or fixed in rotation relative to the axle ().