Medical device having a tensionable coupling

US10265056B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Larry Stanton · Burlington, US
• John B. Golden · Norton, US
• Gary Kappel · Acton, US
• Mark D. Wood · Sterling, US
• Bernadette Durr · Santa Clara, US
• Brandon Zalewski · Clinton, US
• Kenneth R. Keene · Winchester, US
• Barry Weitzner · Acton, US
• Paul Smith · Smithfield, US
• Naroun Suon · Lawrence, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/00323
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This invention is directed to a medical device having an elongate shaft having a distal end and a controller coupled to the shaft. A control member can extend through at least part of the elongate shaft and at least part of the controller, wherein the control member in a tensioned configuration can be moveable by the controller to control the distal end of the shaft and the control member can be slack in an untensioned configuration. A tensioning mechanism can be configured to move relative to at least one of the elongate shaft and the controller to tension the control member and automatically lock the control member in the tensioned configuration.