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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Tal Wenderow, West Newton, MA (US);
John Murphy, North Reading, MA (US);
Thomas Bromander, Andover, MA (US);
James J. Kennedy, Iii, Deerfield, NH (US);
Stanley O. Thompson, New Boston, NH (US);
Jon Bradley Taylor, Groton, MA (US);
Robert Elden, Cambridge, MA (US);
Tal Wenderow, West Newton, MA (US);
John Murphy, North Reading, MA (US);
Thomas Bromander, Andover, MA (US);
James J. Kennedy, III, Deerfield, NH (US);
Stanley O. Thompson, New Boston, NH (US);
Jon Bradley Taylor, Groton, MA (US);
Robert Elden, Cambridge, MA (US);
CORINDUS, INC., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A robotic catheter system including a housing and a drive mechanism configured to engage and to impart motion to a catheter device is provided. The drive mechanism is supported by the housing. The robotic catheter system includes a guide catheter support coupled to the housing. The guide catheter support is located in front of the drive mechanism, and the guide catheter support has a longitudinal axis. The guide catheter support includes a first surface configured to engage a guide catheter and a rotation joint allowing the first surface to be rotated about the longitudinal axis such that the surface is able to engage the guide catheter at a plurality of angular positions relative to a patient.