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US 11,534,320 B2Granted
Handle for a catheter and corresponding catheter
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorsFelix Westhoff, Nuria Rothfuchs
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AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorsFelix Westhoff, Nuria Rothfuchs
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A handle for a catheter having an inner shaft and a retractable shaft. The handle includes a housing, a pull cable and a release button mounted movably on the housing. A sleeve is secured in the housing and a brake hose is guided movably in the longitudinal direction in a continuous opening of the sleeve. The brake hose has a first continuous opening for arrangement of the pull cable and a second continuous opening for arrangement of the inner shaft. The brake hose configured and arranged such that its position relative to the sleeve in a first state is fixed by the release button, and such that the brake hose in a second state is displaceable after actuation of the release button together with the pull cable in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve and relative to the sleeve and the inner shaft in the proximal direction in order to retract the retractable shaft, such that the retractable shaft can be connected to the pull cable.
A handle for a catheter having an inner shaft and a retractable shaft, wherein the handle comprises a housing, a pull cable and a release button mounted movably on the housing, wherein the housing comprises a sleeve having a continuous opening, in which is secured a brake hose guided movably in a longitudinal direction of the sleeve, wherein the brake hose has a first continuous opening for arrangement of the pull cable and a second continuous opening for arrangement of the inner shaft, wherein the brake hose is configured and arranged such that its position relative to the sleeve in a first state is fixed by the release button, and a second state is displaceable, after actuation of the release button, together with the pull cable in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve and relative to the sleeve and the inner shaft in a proximal direction in order to retract the retractable shaft, whereby the retractable shaft can be connected to the pull cable.
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