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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2000
Thomas Töllner, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
In order to ensure a simple structure and precise handling in the case of a catheter, in particular a bi- or unidirectionally deflectable ablation catheter, comprising a flexible guide tube ( ) which extends from a gripping element ( ) and which terminates in a catheter tip ( ) for treating or investigating a hollow organ in a body, wherein provided for deflection purposes there is at least one draw wire ( ) which extends within the flexible guide tube ( ) and which is fixed to the tip ( ) of the catheter and which is movable by way of a transmission means disposed in the gripping element ( ) for converting the rotary movement of a manual control wheel ( ) into a longitudinal movement for the draw wire ( ), it is proposed that provided as the transmission means is a toothed drive pulley ( ) which is coupled to the control wheel ( ) and which correspondingly engages into the teeth of a toothed belt ( ) which is guided over guide means within the gripping element ( ) in such a way that the draw wire ( ) is pullingly longitudinally movable by way of an entrainment member ( ) fixed to a flank side ( ) of the toothed belt ( ).