Medical device control mechanism and methods of use

US12414678B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steven Walak · Natick, US
• Bridget STANFORD · Reading, US
• Priya Khanchandani · Marlborough, US
• Seamus F. O'Shaughnessy · Chelmsford, US
• Michael E. Zupkofska · Rockland, US
• Heather Bourassa · Brookline, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2022
• Grant date: Sep 16, 2025
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B1/06
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical device including a handle including an actuation device, a sheath extending from the handle and having a longitudinal axis, the sheath defining an imaging lumen extending from the handle to a distal end of the sheath, an imaging device at a distal end of the sheath, and a piezoelectric member connected to the imaging device, where movement of the piezoelectric member moves the imaging device in a first direction relative to the longitudinal axis.