Modular catheter
AssigneeMedtronic Vascular, Inc.
InventorsRonja F. Pfeiffer, Declan P. Costello, Edmond Sheahan
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Abstract
Catheters include first and second segments that each include a proximal end and a distal end. A first connector of each catheter includes a first portion connected to the distal end of the first segment and a second portion connected to the proximal end of the second segment. The first portion and the second portion are engaged so that the first portion can rotated relative to the second portion about an axis of the first connector. The first segment and the second segment can bend in multiple planes via a rotation of the first portion relative to the second portion about the axis.
Claims20
A catheter comprising:
- a first segment comprising a distal end and a proximal end;
- a second segment comprising a distal end and a proximal end;
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- a first connector comprising a first portion connected to the distal end of the first segment and a second portion connected to the proximal end of the second segment,
- wherein the first portion and the second portion are engaged so that the first portion can be rotated 360 degrees relative to the second portion about an axis of the first connector, and wherein the first segment and the second segment can bend in multiple planes by a rotation of the first portion relative to the second portion about the axis.
A catheter comprising:
- a first segment comprising a distal end and a proximal end;
- a second segment comprising a distal end and a proximal end;
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- a first connector comprising a first portion connected to the distal end of the first segment and a second portion connected to the proximal end of the second segment,
- wherein the first portion and the second portion are engaged so that the first portion can be rotated relative to the second portion about an axis of the first connector, and wherein the first segment and the second segment can bend in multiple planes by a rotation of the first portion relative to the second portion about the axis, and at least one of the distal end of the first segment or the proximal end of the second segment comprises a multi-filar coil.
A catheter comprising:
- a first segment comprising a distal end and a proximal end;
- a second segment comprising a distal end and a proximal end;
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- a first connector comprising a first portion connected to the distal end of the first segment and a second portion connected to the proximal end of the second segment,
- wherein one of the first portion or the second portion of the first connector comprises a plurality of collet segments, and the first portion and the second portion are engaged so that the first portion can be rotated relative to the second portion about an axis of the first connector, and
- wherein the first segment and the second segment can bend in multiple planes by a rotation of the first portion relative to the second portion about the axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.