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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2011
Applicant:
Michael Austin, Co. Galway, IE;
Inventor:
Michael Austin, Co. Galway, IE;
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2006.01); B21D 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for manipulating a medical device is formed of at least three coupled movable blades which are disposed about a reference circle to form an aperture whose size may be varied. The aperture capable of being sized to contain a medical device. Each blade is in communication with an actuation device which is capable of moving the blade to alter the size of the aperture. Each blade includes a single radial point which a) lies on the circumference of the reference circle prior to movement of the blade, and b) may be moved only along a radius of the reference circle on movement of the blade.