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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1992
Debbie Stevens-Wright, Fitchburg, MA (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A steerable electrocardial catheter comprises an elongated flexible shaft and a flexible tip assembly connected to the distal end of the shaft. The tip assembly comprises a distal section and a proximal section coaxial with the shaft, the stiffness and length of the distal and proximal sections being selected to provide a predetermined curve configuration of the tip assembly when the distal section and/or proximal section is bent. A first pair of pull cables extending through the catheter is anchored at a first point in the tip assembly for bending the proximal section in a predetermined plane. A second pair of pull cables extending through the catheter is anchored at a second point in the tip assembly for bending the distal section in a predetermined plane. Any desired orientation of the bending planes is possible with the invention. A handle/actuator is also disclosed for applying tension to selected ones of the pull cables for controlling the deflection of the tip assembly.
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