Actuating elements for bending medical devices
AssigneesStryker Corporation, Stryker European Operations Limited
InventorClay W. Northrop
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Abstract
A medical device includes: an elongated tube having a wall defining a lumen for the elongated tube, wherein the wall of the elongated tube comprises a first opening; and a first actuating element coupled directly or indirectly to the wall of the elongated tube; wherein at least a part of the first actuating element and the first opening of the wall are located at a same longitudinal position with respect to a longitudinal axis of the elongated tube; and wherein the first actuating element is configured to change size to induce stress and/or displacement at the wall of the elongated tube to cause the elongated tube to bend.
Claims21
A medical device, comprising:
- an elongated tube having a wall, wherein the wall of the elongated tube comprises a first opening;
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- a first actuating element located in the first opening of the wall of the elongated tube;
- wherein the first actuating element in the first opening of the wall is actuatable to induce stress and/or displacement at the wall of the elongated tube to cause the elongated tube to bend.
The medical device of claim 19, wherein the implant is configured to deform plastically.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.