Articulated systems for cardiac ablation
US5368592A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/32311
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved assembly for steering and orienting a functional element at the distal end of a catheter tube holds the functional element with its major axis aligned with the axis of the catheter tube for convenient steering to a tissue site. The mechanism can also pivot the functional element in response to an external force to orient the major axis of the functional element generally parallel to the plane of the tissue site, without bending the catheter tube.
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