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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Enrique Romo, Dublin, CA (US);
Jeffery B. Alvarez, Redwood City, CA (US);
Francis Macnamara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gene Reis, San Jose, CA (US);
Enrique Romo, Dublin, CA (US);
Jeffery B. Alvarez, Redwood City, CA (US);
Francis Macnamara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gene Reis, San Jose, CA (US);
Hansen Medical, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Medical devices having an elongated steerable member are described herein. In one embodiment, a device includes an elongated body having a proximal section, a distal section, and a working lumen extending through the proximal and distal sections, a first coil having a distal portion, and a proximal portion, the proximal portion of the first coil being slidable relative to the proximal section of the elongated body, and being closer to a wall of the elongated body than to an axis of the elongated body, wherein a lengthwise portion of the distal portion of the first coil is anchored to the distal section of the elongated body, and a first steering wire located within a lumen of the first coil.