Medical device handle
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Sutton, David J. Paul, Takashi Ino
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Abstract
A medical device handle may include an elongated handle housing, a rotatable collar disposed about the handle housing, a rotatable control knob disposed about the collar, and a slidable door disposed about the collar. The door may be rotatably locked to the collar to prevent relative rotation between the door and the collar. The door may slidable from a closed position to a first open position, and slidable from the first open position to a second open position.
Claims17
A medical device handle, comprising:
- an elongated handle housing having a radially-extending transverse ridge disposed about its circumference;
- a rotatable collar disposed about a proximal portion of the handle housing, a distal end of the collar abutting a proximally-facing surface of the ridge;
- a rotatable control knob disposed at a proximal end of the handle housing;
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- a slidable door disposed about a distal portion of the collar.
The medical device handle of claim 17, wherein the means for actuating includes an interlocking element extending radially outward from the longitudinal axis, the interlocking element having an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration;
- wherein in the engaged configuration, the interlocking element physically prevents the collar from rotating;
- wherein in the disengaged configuration, the interlocking element permits the collar to rotate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.