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    • 8. 发明授权
    • Steerable catheter with a control handle having a pulley mechanism
    • US06522933B2
    • 2003-02-18
    • US09822087
    • 2001-03-30
    • Frank Nguyen
    • Frank Nguyen
    • A61N100
    • A61M25/0136
    • A steerable catheter is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated, flexible tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending therethrough and a control handle at the proximal end of the catheter body. The control handle comprises a handle housing having a generally hollow interior and fixedly attached, either directly or indirectly to the catheter body; a piston slidably mounted in the handle housing and having proximal and distal ends; and a pulley fixedly attached, either directly or indirectly to the handle housing at a location proximal to the proximal end of the piston. A first puller wire is provided having a distal end fixedly attached in the distal end of the catheter body and a proximal end anchored to the piston. A second puller wire is provided having a distal end fixedly attached in the distal end of the catheter body. The second puller wire extends through the catheter body, into the handle, and around the pulley, and the proximal end of the second puller wire is anchored to the piston.
    • 10. 发明授权
    • Asymmetrical bidirectional steerable catheter
    • US06551271B2
    • 2003-04-22
    • US09846732
    • 2001-04-30
    • Frank Nguyen
    • Frank Nguyen
    • A61M3700
    • A61B18/1492A61B34/20A61B2017/00053A61B2017/003A61B2034/2051
    • A bidirectional steerable catheter is provided that can be deflected to form two different curves, i.e., two curves each having a different radius of curvature. The catheter comprises an elongated, flexible tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending therethrough. A tip section is provided at the distal end of the catheter body. The tip section comprises a flexible plastic tubing having at least first and second off-axis lumens extending therethrough. A control handle is attached to the proximal end of the catheter body. A first puller wire extends through the lumen of the catheter body and the first off-axis lumen of the tip section. The first puller wire has a distal end anchored in the tip section and a proximal end anchored to the control handle. A second puller wire extends through the lumen of the catheter body and the second off-axis lumen of the tip section. The second puller wire has a distal end anchored in the tip section and a proximal end anchored to the control handle. A first compression coil extends through the lumen of the catheter body in surrounding relation to the first puller wire. The first compression coil has a distal end anchored in the catheter body or in the first off-axis lumen of the tip section at a first anchor position. A second compression coil extends through the lumen of the catheter body in surrounding relation to the second puller wire and into the second off-axis lumen. The second compression coil has a distal end anchored in the second off-axis lumen of the tip section at a second anchor position that is distal to the first anchor position. By this design, the radius of curvature of each curve achieved by deflection of the tip section is controlled by the anchor position of the compression coil surrounding the appropriate puller wire.