Low profile sterrable soft-tip catheter

Details Low profile sterrable soft-tip catheter Low profile sterrable soft-tip catheter

1988-06-30

1990-10-02

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604 96, 128657, A61M 2902, A61M 2501

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049604112

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to steerable catheters. More particularly, this invention relates to a steerable catheter comprising a flexible catheter member having distal and proximal ends and one or more lumens, the single lumen or one of the lumens being closed at its distal end, the one or more other lumens being open, for introduction of a central guide wire or other desired object; a deflection wire having distal and proximal ends and axially extending the length of the catheter member through the lumen having the closed end, the distal end of the deflection wire being embedded in the closed end; and control means attached to the proximal end of the catheter member, the proximal end of the deflection wire extending to the control means and the control means having an engaging means which fixedly engages the deflection wire.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2498692 (1950-02-01), Mains
patent: 2688329 (1954-09-01), Wallace
patent: 4619263 (1986-10-01), Frisbie et al.
patent: 4641654 (1987-02-01), Samson et al.

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