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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Angela Kornkven Volk, Rogers, MN (US);
Karl A. Jagger, Deephaven, MN (US);
Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Richard Olson, Blaine, MN (US);
John Blix, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Derek Sutermeister, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jay Rassat, Buffalo, MN (US);
Angela Kornkven Volk, Rogers, MN (US);
Karl A. Jagger, Deephaven, MN (US);
Tracee Eidenschink, Wayzata, MN (US);
Richard Olson, Blaine, MN (US);
John Blix, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Derek Sutermeister, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jay Rassat, Buffalo, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter tip has an outer surface section, an inner surface section, a spatial configuration and at least one segment of electroactive polymer. The inner surface section defines a guide wire lumen. The electroactive polymer has an actuated state and a non-actuated state. In an actuated state, the electroactive polymer alters the spatial configuration of the catheter tip.