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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:
Aug. 12, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mir A Imran, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark L Pomeranz, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brian A Glynn, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brett A Follmer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward M Gillis, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pathways Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 95 ; 604280 ;
Abstract
A steerable catheter comprising a flexible elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities. A handle is secured to the proximal extremity. The tubular member has a lumen extending therethrough. A mandrel is slidably mounted in the lumen and extends into the distal extremity. A pull wire extends through the tubular member for causing bending of the distal extremity with respect to the mandrel disposed therein.