A61M 2025/0161
Wherein the distal tips have two or more deflection regions
Official title: {wherein the distal tips have two or more deflection regions}
A61M2025/0161 (Wherein the distal tips have two or more deflection regions) appears on 343 US grants and 368 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 368
- Assignees
- 137
- Inventors
- 571
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Articulating medical instrument12 May 2026US 12,622,574 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Steerable sheath and catheter with circular deflection28 Apr 2026US 12,611,247 B2Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
- Deflectable medical devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248372 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Medical tool positioning devices, systems, and methods of use and manufacture18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166277 A1NuVera Medical, Inc.
- Tubular member for an intraluminal medical device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166282 A1Artiria Medical SA
- Reconfigurable steerable catheter11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158242 A1Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
- Steerable Sheath and Indicators11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158243 A1St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulating mechanism for remote manipulation of a surgical or diagnostic tool1,942US 7,090,637 B2Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. · 2006
- Catheter deflection control1,932US 5,441,483 A1995
- Catheter steering mechanism1,902US 5,195,968 A1993
- Catheter steering mechanism1,739US 6,033,378 AEP Technologies, Inc. · 2000
- Articulating mechanism for remote manipulation of a surgical or diagnostic tool1,568US 7,682,307 B2Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. · 2010