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US 2025/0018150 A1Published application
Apparatus for bending malleable member of medical instrument
AssigneesAcclarent, Inc., Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
InventorsBrittanie Chu, Raymond Yue-sing Tang, Alex Gonzalez
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a base, an actuator, and a clamp member. The actuator is pivotably coupled with the base. The clamp member is operable to selectively clamp a malleable guide rail relative to the base. The guide rail is configured to fit in an anatomical passageway in a head of a patient. The actuator is operable to pivot relative to the base to thereby bend the guide rail while the guide rail is clamped by the clamp member.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a base;
- an actuator, the actuator being pivotably coupled with the base;
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- a clamp member, the clamp member being operable to selectively clamp a malleable guide rail relative to the base, the guide rail being configured to fit in an anatomical passageway in a head of a patient, the actuator being operable to pivot relative to the base to thereby bend the guide rail while the guide rail is clamped by the clamp member.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a base, the base comprising a block;
- an actuator, the actuator comprising a lever arm pivotably coupled with the base;
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- a clamp member, the clamp member being slidably coupled with the base, the clamp member being operable to slide relative to the base between an open position and a closed position,
- wherein (i) the clamp member in the open position being configured to define a gap with the block, the gap being configured to allow positioning of a malleable guide rail between the clamp member and the block, the guide rail being configured to fit in an anatomical passageway in a head of a patient, (ii) the clamp member in the closed position being configured to clamp the malleable guide member against the block, and (iii) the lever arm being configured to bend the malleable guide rail when the lever arm is pivoted relative to the base while the malleable guide member is clamped against the block.
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A method, comprising:
- positioning a malleable guide rail at a selected longitudinal position within a gap defined between a clamp member of a bending tool and a block of the bending tool;
- moving the clamp member toward the block to thereby clamp the malleable guide rail against the block at the selected longitudinal position;
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- pivoting an actuator of the bending tool relative to a base of the bending tool, while the guide rail is clamped against the block by the clamp member, to achieve a desired bend angle in the guide rail, the guide rail being configured to fit in an anatomical passageway in a head of a patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.