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Apparatus for the introduction and manipulation of multiple telescoping catheters

US11517718B2 · kind B2 · utility

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190References

25Claims

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Assignee

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Matthew T. Winston · Aliso Viejo, US
Christopher J. Olson · Aliso Viejo, US
Asher L. Metchik · Hawthorne, US
Tri D. Tran · Willow View Lane, US
Alexander J. Siegel · Irvine, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2025/015
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A delivery apparatus includes a steerable shaft having a pull-wire conduit. A pull wire extends through the pull-wire conduit. The steerable shaft includes one or more layers. A compression-resistance portion is incorporated into at least one of the one or more layers. A cross-section of the compression-resistance portion has an arcuate shape that extends along a portion of a cross-section of the steerable shaft. The compression-resistance portion has a hardness that is greater than a hardness of the one or more layers that the compression-resistance portion is incorporated into.

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