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Catheters with enhanced flexibility and associated devices, systems, and methods

US10188829B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L. · LU

Inventors

Rudy Beasley · Abdulrahman Khaleefah Street, US
Justin Goshgarian · Santa Rosa, US
Vincent Ku · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 2017
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 13, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2007/0021
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A neuromodulation catheter includes an elongate shaft and a neuromodulation element. The shaft includes two or more first cut shapes and two or more second cut shapes along a helical path extending around a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The first cut shapes are configured to at least partially resist deformation in response to longitudinal compression and tension on the shaft and torsion on the shaft in a first circumferential direction. The second cut shapes are configured to at least partially resist deformation in response to longitudinal compression on the shaft and torsion on the shaft in both first and second opposite circumferential directions.

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