Integrated catheter and guide wire controller
AssigneeHansen Medical, Inc.
InventorsSerena Wong, Sean Walker, June Park, Richard Henderson
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Abstract
A device may operate a guide wire and be operable by a single operator digit. The device may include an insertion control device for advancing the guide wire in a forward and in a reverse direction and along a longitudinal axis of the guide wire; and a rotary device for rolling a guide wire about the longitudinal axis. A robotic instrument driver may be operatively coupled to the device and configured to control axial movement of the guide wire along the longitudinal axis according to input received from the insertion control device and to control rotational movement of the guide wire according to input received from the rotary device.
Claims17
A device for operating a guide wire, the device comprising:
- an insertion control device for advancing the guide wire in a forward and reverse direction along a longitudinal axis of the guide wire;
- and
- a rotary device for rolling a guide wire about the longitudinal axis;
- wherein the device is operable by a single operator digit.
A system, comprising:
- a guide wire control device operable by a single operator digit and including:
- an insertion control device for advancing a guide wire in a forward and reverse direction along a longitudinal axis of the guide wire, and
- a rotary device for rolling a guide wire about the longitudinal axis;
- and
- a robotic instrument driver operatively coupled to the guide wire control device and configured to control axial movement of the guide wire along the longitudinal axis according to input received from the insertion control device and to control rotational movement of the guide wire according to input received from the rotary device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.