Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Reexamination Certificate
2004-12-30
2008-09-09
Sirmons, Kevin C. (Department: 3767)
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
C604S095010, C604S528000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07422580
ABSTRACT:
A method of catheter manipulation involves providing a catheter comprising a flexible shaft having a distal end shaped for accessing a target vessel. The method further involves selectably moving the shaft between a plurality of discrete positions of a first degree-of-freedom defined relative to the flexible shaft, restraining a motion of the shaft in the first degree-of-freedom at each position of the plurality of discrete positions, and moving the flexible shaft through a second degree-of-freedom defined relative to the flexible shaft at each position of the plurality of discrete positions. Moving the flexible shaft through the second degree-of-freedom results in a controllable sweeping motion at the distal end of the flexible shaft.
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Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.
Gilbert Andrew M
Hollingsworth & Funk LLC
Sirmons Kevin C.
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