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AssigneeVolcano Corporation
InventorsPaul A. Magnin, Russell W. Bowden, John W. Goodnow
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A method and system for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating an area of interest in a patient's body is provided. More particularly, a manually steered “rapid exchange” type catheter for a system for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating an area of interest in a patient's body is provided. The catheter comprises a catheter body configured to be introduced to an area of interest in a patient's body, a device for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating the area of interest contained within the catheter body, and a manual steering device attached to the imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating device to allow an operator to manually steer the imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating device, wherein the catheter is configured to be mounted on a commercially available guidewire.
A manually steered “rapid exchange” type catheter for a system for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating an area of interest in a patient's body, comprising:
The catheter of 9, wherein the lever is further in communication with the shaft via a translation mechanism such that upon activation of the lever the shaft is translated in a direction of the central longitudinal axis of the shaft.
A catheter for a system for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating an area of interest in a patient's body, comprising:
A handle mechanism for a manually steered catheter for a system for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating an area of interest in a patient's body, comprising:
The handle mechanism of 45, wherein the lever is further in communication with the shaft via a translation mechanism such that upon activation of the lever the shaft is translated in a direction of the central longitudinal axis of the shaft.
A method of using a manually steered “rapid exchange” catheter to image, diagnose, and/or treat an area of interest in a patient's body, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.