Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1983-10-31
1985-09-24
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
128657, A61M 2500
Patent
active
045430900
ABSTRACT:
A catheter and the like is steerable through cavities within a body and aimable toward organs or tissue within the body. The catheter includes an elongated tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end for insertion into the body and a plurality of temperature-activated memory elements in the distal end of the tubular member. Each memory element assumes a first shape when heated to a predetermined temperature and assumes. Each memory element is coupled to at least one other memory element so that movement of one element results in movement of the other element. Each memory element is moved to a second shape when the memory element coupled thereto is heated to the predetermined temperature. A control system adjacent the proximal end of the tubular member allows an operator to selectively control the temperature of each temperature-activated element to deflect the distal end of the tubular member so as to either direct the course of the tubular member or to direct the distal end of the tubular member toward an organ or tissue within the body. The control system includes a power supply source, electrical connections between the power supply source and the memory elements in the distal end of the tubular member, and a control device for selectively applying power to heat the memory elements to their predetermined temperatures to deflect the distal end of the tubular member so as to steer the tubular member or aim the distal end of the tubular member within the body.
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