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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mark Allen Benscoter, Dellwood, MN (US);
Stuart Brahm Kozlick, Cote-St-Luc, CA;
Jeremy David Dando, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/012 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 1/0125 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1031 (2013.01); A61M 2025/015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for anchoring a round catheter pull wire within the distal end of a catheter. A steering deflection mechanism includes a pull ring having a plurality of apertures and one or more receiving slots. The method includes affixing one or more round pull wires to the one or more receiving slots of the pull ring. The shape of the round wire and manner of affixing the wire to the pull ring provide a steering assembly that can withstand greater pull forces while maintaining design integrity.