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US 10,500,373 B2Granted
Lateral articulation anchors for catheters and other uses
AssigneeProject Moray, Inc.
InventorsMark D. Barrish, Keith Phillip Laby
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Abstract
Medical devices, systems, and methods provide improved control over the flexing of an articulated catheter adjacent a therapeutic or diagnostic tool by laterally bending the catheter so as to anchor an articulated portion of the catheter locally relative to an internal tissue site. Alternative embodiments may be used for a wide variety of non-medical applications, including with borescope systems and for other industrial applications.
Claims16
A device for use in a lumen system having opposed surface regions, the device comprising:
- an elongate flexible body having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an axis therebetween;
- the elongate body having an articulatable portion adjacent the distal end, the articulatable portion comprising a first axial segment and a second axial segment distal of the first segment;
- the second segment having a first end and a first articulation orientation;
- the first segment comprising an anchoring segment,
- wherein the first segment is configured to, in response to an anchor command, laterally bend toward an anchor configuration such that the first segment engages the opposed surface regions of the lumen system and releasably anchors the first end of the second segment;
- an input;
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- a housing having a connector coupling the housing with the proximal end of the elongate body, the housing having a plurality of drive components coupled to the input by a processor;
- wherein the input is configured to transmit the anchor command to the processor in response to actuation of the input by a user;
- and
- wherein the processor is configured to direct the drive components to drive the first segment toward the anchor configuration in response to the anchor command.
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