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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Kardium Inc., Burnaby, CA;
Inventors:
John Andrew Funk, Delta, CA;
Ashkan Sardari, North Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
KARDIUM INC., Burnaby, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 29/14 (2013.01); A61M 25/0012 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steerable catheter may include an elongate shaft member and a braided reinforcement structure embedded into a wall of the elongate shaft member. The braided reinforcement structure may include a first braided portion including a first pick count, a second braided portion including a second pick count, and a third braided portion including a third pick count. The third pick count may be greater than each of the first pick count and the second pick count.