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Articulating medical device

US11304594B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2017
Grant dateApr 19, 2022
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2025/0003
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Devices for use with introducers, endoscopes and catheters, where the devices relate to an articulating mechanism that allows a working end of a medical device to be steerable in order to access or visualize targeted sites in the interior of a patient's body.

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