Devices for controlling an endovascular system

A system for controlling a plurality of first elongated medical members, the system comprising:

• a plurality of medical apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of medical apparatuses comprises:
• a first module and a second module, wherein each of the first and second module comprises a corresponding, respective opening for the first elongated medical member to be passed through the first and second modules, respectively;
• a movement unit configured to move at least one of the first and second modules in a first direction and in a second direction, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction;
• wherein at least one of the first and second modules comprises a first gripping unit to grip the first elongated medical member passing through the opening of the respective module;
• wherein at least one of the first and second modules comprises a rotation unit configured to rotate the first elongated medical member, passing through the opening of the respective module, about a longitudinal axis of the first elongated medical member;
• wherein the apparatus is configured to operate in a plurality of different modes of operation comprising:
• a) a first mode of operation comprising the first elongated medical member being gripped by the first gripping unit of at least one of the first and second modules and the movement unit moving the at least one of the first and second modules comprising the first gripping unit in the first direction;
• b) a second mode of operation comprising the first elongated medical member being gripped by the first gripping unit of at least one of the first and second modules and the movement unit moving the at least one of the first and second modules comprising the first gripping unit in the second direction;
• c) a third mode of operation comprising the first elongated medical member being gripped by the first gripping unit of at least one of the first and second modules and the rotation unit rotating the first elongated medical member about the longitudinal axis of the first elongated medical member;
• and
• d) a fourth mode of operation comprising the first or second mode of operation executed simultaneously with the third mode of operation;
• and
• wherein each apparatus is configured to control movement of a separate first elongated medical member not controlled by any of the other of the plurality of apparatuses.

A system for controlling movement of a first elongated medical member, the system comprising:

• an apparatus comprising:
• a first module and a second module, wherein each of the first and second module comprises a corresponding, respective opening for the first elongated medical member to be passed through the first and second modules, respectively;
• a movement unit configured to move at least one of the first and second modules in a first direction and in a second direction, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction;
• wherein at least one of the first and second modules comprises a first gripping unit to grip the first elongated medical member passing through the opening of the respective module;
• wherein at least one of the first and second modules comprises a rotation unit configured to rotate the first elongated medical member, passing through the opening of the respective module, about a longitudinal axis of the first elongated medical member;
• wherein the apparatus is configured to operate in a plurality of different modes of operation comprising:
• a) a first mode of operation comprising the first elongated medical member being gripped by the first gripping unit of at least one of the first and second modules and the movement unit moving the at least one of the first and second modules comprising the first gripping unit in the first direction;
• b) a second mode of operation comprising the first elongated medical member being gripped by the first gripping unit of at least one of the first and second modules and the movement unit moving the at least one of the first and second modules comprising the first gripping unit in the second direction;
• c) a third mode of operation comprising the first elongated medical member being gripped by the first gripping unit of at least one of the first and second modules and the rotation unit rotating the first elongated medical member about the longitudinal axis of the first elongated medical member;
• and
• d) a fourth mode of operation comprising the first or second mode of operation executed simultaneously with the third mode of operation;
• and wherein the system further comprises:
• a human control unit comprising a control unit and a second elongated medical member configured to be manipulated by a human;
• wherein the human control unit is located at a first location and the apparatus is located at a second location;
• and
• wherein the first and second locations are different locations.