Robotic catheter device cartridge
AssigneeSt. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
InventorsMark B. Kirschenman, Troy T. Tegg
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Abstract
A robotic catheter device cartridge may include a finger or a slider block generally disposed in a channel and engaged with a steering wire. The steering wire may control movement of a component having the steering wire engaged thereto when the finger or the slider block is linearly driven in a predetermined direction. The cartridge may be a transseptal cartridge having a transseptal needle connected thereto, a catheter cartridge having a catheter connected thereto, or a sheath cartridge having a sheath connected thereto.
Claims27
A robotic catheter device cartridge comprising:
- one of a first finger and a first slider block generally disposed in a channel and engaged with a steering wire, the steering wire controlling movement of a component having the steering wire engaged thereto when the first finger or the first slider block is linearly driven in a predetermined direction, wherein the first finger or the first slider block of the cartridge is configured for engagement with and disengagement from a corresponding second finger or a corresponding second slider block of a manipulation base, wherein the second finger or the second slider block of the manipulation base is configured to linearly drive the first finger or the first slider block of the cartridge, and wherein the first finger or the first slider block of the cartridge is releasably connected to the second finger or the second slider block of the manipulation base.
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A robotic catheter device cartridge comprising:
- a first element of the cartridge configured to be linearly driven by a second element of a manipulation base, wherein the first element of the cartridge and the second element of the manipulation base are not rigidly connected and are configured for engagement with and disengagement from each other, at least one of the first and second elements is slidably engageable with at least one of the manipulation base and the cartridge, respectively, the manipulation base configured for releasable connection to the cartridge and configured to be linearly movable along a longitudinal axis of the manipulation base, the first element of the cartridge being engaged with a steering wire for controlling movement of a component having the steering wire engaged thereto when the first element of the cartridge is linearly driven in a predetermined direction.
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A robotic catheter device cartridge comprising:
- a first element of the cartridge configured to be linearly driven by a second element of a manipulation base, wherein the first element and the second element are not rigidly connected and are configured for engagement and disengagement from each other, at least one of the first and second elements slidably engageable with at least one of the manipulation base and the cartridge, respectively, in an engaged position, the manipulation base configured for releasable connection to the cartridge and configured to be linearly movable along a longitudinal axis of the manipulation base, at least one of the first and second elements being linearly driveable in a predetermined direction for operating the cartridge, the first element of the cartridge being engaged with a tensionable deflection member for laterally deflecting a distal end of a component of the cartridge having the tensionable deflection member engaged thereto when the first element of the cartridge is linearly driven in the predetermined direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.