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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2013
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Todd R. Stangenes, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Saurav Paul, Minneapolis, MN (US);
James V. Kauphusman, Champlin, MN (US);
Troy T. Tegg, Elk River, MN (US);
Jeffrey A. Schweitzer, St. Paul, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter is disclosed having a flexible tubing with a proximal end and a distal end. The catheter comprising at least one movable magnet provided within the distal end of the flexible tubing. A control mechanism is operable to selectively activate the at least one movable magnet from the proximal end of the flexible tubing. The at least one movable magnet is responsive to an external magnetic field to position and guide the distal end of the flexible tubing within a body of a patient.