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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Corindus, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Tal Wenderow, Newton, MA (US);
Thomas Bromander, Andover, MA (US);
James J. Kennedy, III, Mount Vernon, NH (US);
Stanley O. Thompson, New Boston, NH (US);
Jon B. Taylor, Groton, MA (US);
Jeffrey Lightcap, Plandome, NY (US);
CORINDUS, INC., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A catheter system including a housing and a drive mechanism supported by the housing is provided. The drive mechanism includes an engagement structure configured to engage and to impart movement to a guide wire. The engagement structure defines a path for the guide wire, and the engagement structure is moveable between an engaged position in which the engagement structure engages the guide wire and a disengaged position in which the engagement structure does not engage the guide wire. The catheter system includes a biasing element configured to bias the engagement structure toward the engaged position, and the biasing element is aligned generally parallel to the path defined by the engagement structure.