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US 2012/0239032 A1Published application
Micro-steerable catheter
AssigneeStrategic Polymer Sciences, Inc.
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.
Claims20
1-23. (canceled)
An electrically actuated catheter comprising an electroactive polymer (EAP) for steering the catheter, wherein the EAP is selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) based ter-polymers and irradiated PVDF based polymers.
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