Catheter tip shaping tool
AssigneeBoston Scientific Medical Device Limited
InventorsRahul Jain, Prateek Gupta, Shoeb Khan, Jahnavi Konduru, Anshul Chabra
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Abstract
A catheter tip shaping system includes a catheter, and a tip shaping tool. The tip shaping tool includes a body having a first end and a second end, a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, wherein the first, second, and third pins are positioned at the first end of the body and extend from a first face of the body. A distal end region of the catheter may be configured to be positioned between a gap between the first, second, and third pins such that the tip shaping tool can be manipulated by a user to invoke a curvature in the distal end region of the catheter.
Claims20
A catheter tip shaping system comprising:
- a catheter;
- and
- a tip shaping tool, comprising:
- a body having a first end and a second end;
- a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, wherein the first, second, and third pins are positioned at the first end of the body and extend from a first face of the body;
- wherein a distal end region of the catheter is configured to be positioned between a gap between the first, second, and third pins such that the tip shaping tool can be manipulated by a user to invoke a curvature in the distal end region of the catheter.
A method of shaping a distal end of a catheter using a tip shaping tool, the method comprising:
- inserting a distal end region of the catheter in a gap between a first, a second, and a third pin of the tip shaping tool, the tip shaping tool including:
- a body having a first end and a second end;
- wherein the first pin, the second pin, and the third pin are positioned at the first end of the body and extend from a first face of the body;
- rotating the tip shaping tool such that the distal end region of the catheter moves from a first, straight configuration to a second, curved configuration;
- and
- removing the distal end region of the catheter from the tip shaping tool;
- wherein the tip shaping tool can be rotated in a clockwise direction and/or a counter-clockwise position.
A catheter tip shaping tool comprising:
- a body having a first end and a second end;
- and
- a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, wherein the first, second, and third pins are positioned at the first end of the body and extend from a first face of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.