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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
May. 09, 2005
Sean Carroll, Beaconsfield, CA;
Domenic Santoianni, Kirkland, CA;
Benoit Thibault, St-Zotique, CA;
Dan Wittenberger, Pierrefonds, CA;
Mathieu-philippe Aubert, Saint-Laurent, CA;
Marc-andré Marcotte, Outremont, CA;
Sean Carroll, Beaconsfield, CA;
Domenic Santoianni, Kirkland, CA;
Benoit Thibault, St-Zotique, CA;
Dan Wittenberger, Pierrefonds, CA;
Mathieu-Philippe Aubert, Saint-Laurent, CA;
Marc-André Marcotte, Outremont, CA;
Medtronic Cryocath LP, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Deflection mechanisms are disclosed that are positionable to deflecting portions of a flexible body, such as a catheter, in more than one direction in a single plane, as well as in more than one plane. The invention allows a distal portion of a catheter to be deflected more than 360 degrees to provide a loop.