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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cary Hata, Tustin, CA (US);
Alan de La Rama, Cerritos, CA (US);
Weng-Kwen Raymond Chia, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Irvine Biomedical Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 ;
Abstract
A flexible catheter shaft suitable for inserting into a body of a patient comprising a deflectable, high torque transmission assembly of a slit tubular element that has either a plurality of rows of slits with anchors or at least one continuously spiraling slit on said slit tubular element and has sufficient bending and torque properties ensuring that a substantial fraction of the bending, rotational and displacement forces provided along said flexible catheter shaft are translated to bending, rotational and displacement forces at a distal end of said flexible catheter shaft.