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US 2009/0024086 A1Published application
Micro-steerable catheter
OwnerQiming Zhang, Shihai Zhang +1inventors
InventorsQiming Zhang, Shihai Zhang, Brian Zellers
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Abstract
Micro-streerable catheters for use in delivering therapeutic treatment in the body, such as ablation and cauterization, and which exhibit precise movement are disclosed. Embodiments include electrical micro-catheters that comprise of electroactive polymers. A preferred embodiment includes a programmable catheter.
Claims23
An electrical micro-steerable implantable catheter comprising an electroactive polymer (EAP) for steering said catheter.
A programmable micro-steerable catheter system, comprising:
- an electrical micro-steerable catheter, and
- a controller for steering the catheter,
- wherein said catheter comprises an electroactive polymer (EAP).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.