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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Edwin Wang, Tustin, CA (US);
Christopher Folk, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A catheter system is provided. The system includes a catheter having an elongated flexible body and one or more electroactive polymer actuators disposed along the elongated flexible body. The electroactive polymer actuators are adapted to cause a change in configuration of the elongated flexible body. The system also includes a controller adapted to transmit the control signal to the electroactive polymer actuators. The controller includes a memory storing a plurality of control signals corresponding to a plurality of predetermined configurations of the catheter and a user-interface coupled to the memory. The user-interface is configured to select one or more configurations from the plurality of predetermined configurations in response to user input.