Introduction device including an electroactive tip on a guidewire
US12161822B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignees
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2205/0283
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A catheter comprises a hollow sheath, a guidewire extendable through the hollow sheath, where the guidewire comprises a controllably bendable tip portion, a hollow tubular intermediate portion connected to the tip portion, an electrical connection portion connected to the hollow tubular portion, at least a first wire extending through the hollow tubular portion and connected at a first end thereof to a first circumferential conductor and at a second end thereof to a surface of the tip end, and a power supply connector, therein the electrical connection portion is received in the power supply connector and a first terminal in the power supply connector contacts the first circumferential conductor.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.