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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mark B. Kirschenman, Waverly, MN (US);
Troy T. Tegg, Elk River, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/2203 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 17/3478 (2013.01); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02); A61B 2034/742 (2016.02); A61B 2090/372 (2016.02); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic catheter device cartridge may include a finger or a slider block generally disposed in a channel and engaged with a steering wire. The steering wire may control movement of a component having the steering wire engaged thereto when the finger or the slider block is linearly driven in a predetermined direction. The cartridge may be a transseptal cartridge having a transseptal needle connected thereto, a catheter cartridge having a catheter connected thereto, or a sheath cartridge having a sheath connected thereto.