US 2021/0196926 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING A CATHETER WITH AN ANCHORING MECHANISM

Abstract

A catheter includes a catheter body and a distal tip section that includes an elongated member that extends along a longitudinal axis. An anchor mechanism can be disposed along an outer surface of the elongated member and/or within the elongated member in a first configuration. In a second configuration, the anchor mechanism can be configured to extend radially outward with respect to the longitudinal axis to surround at least a portion of the distal tip section.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A catheter, comprising:

a catheter body;
a distal tip section comprising an elongated member that extends along a longitudinal axis;
and
an anchor mechanism disposed along an outer surface of the elongated member and/or within the elongated member in a first configuration and the anchor mechanism configured to extend radially outward with respect to the longitudinal axis to surround at least a portion of the distal tip section in a second configuration.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/119,366Filed 11 Dec 2020

Priority

31 Dec 2019

Published

1 Jul 2021

Term ends

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Classification33 codes

A61M 25/0147
Tip steering devices: with movable mechanical means, e.g. pull wires
A61M 25/04
Holding devices, e.g. on the body: in the body, e.g. expansible
A61B 5/062
Determining position of a probe within the body employing means separate from the probe, e.g. sensing internal probe position employing…
A61B 5/068
Determining position of the probe employing exclusively positioning means located on or in the probe, e.g. using position sensors arranged on…

System and methods of using a catheter with an anchoring mechanism

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System and methods of using a catheter with an anchoring mechanism

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Abstract

Claims20