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US 2019/0167953 A1Published application
Robotically shaping a guide wire tip
AssigneeCorindus, Inc.
InventorSteven J. Blacker
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Abstract
A robotic system for driving a guide wire into a human patient includes a robotic tool to change shape the tip of the guide wire and a robotic control system providing signals to operate the guide wire shaping tool.
Claims20
A process for changing the shape of a tip of a guide wire with a robotic drive comprising:
- feeding a portion of a guide wire into a tip shaping mechanism;
- robotically operating the tip shaping mechanism to cause the tip of the guide wire to be plastically deformed such that it is directed away from a longitudinal axis of the guide wire;
- and
- robotically feeding the guide wire with the shaped tip into a vessel in a human patient.
1 more element
The process of claim 15 wherein one of the elements of the tip shaping mechanism that defines the channel is includes elastomeric material that interacts with the guide wire.
A system for providing a robotically driven guide wire with a shaped tip to a guide catheter comprising:
- a tip shaping mechanism which causes the tip of the guide wire to be plastically deformed such that it is directed away from the axis of the guide wire;
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- a robotic drive mechanism that feeds the guide wire to the tip shaping mechanism and feeds the guide wire with the shaped tip into a guide catheter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.