Handle extension for an elongate medical device
AssigneeSt. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
InventorJustin A. Reed
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Abstract
A medical device handle assembly can include a modular extension that allows for the addition of any number of connector ports to an existing handle. In an embodiment, such an extension can comprise a main body portion configured to be coupled with an elongate medical device shaft comprising at least one of an electrical wire and a fluid lumen. The main body portion may comprise a handle port configured to provide access to one or more of a fluid connector fluidly coupled with the fluid lumen and an electromechanical connector electrically coupled with the electrical wire. The handle assembly can further comprise a handle extension portion coupled with the handle port.
Claims19
A handle assembly for a medical device, comprising:
- a main body portion configured to be coupled with an elongate medical device shaft comprising at least one of an electrical wire and a fluid lumen, said main body portion comprising:
- an outer housing defining an interior and having an exterior;
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- a handle port in said outer housing, said handle port defining a passageway from said exterior of said outer housing to said interior of said outer housing, said handle port configured to provide access to one or more of a fluid connector fluidly coupled with the fluid lumen and an electromechanical connector electrically coupled with the electrical wire;
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- a handle extension portion comprising:
- a coupling portion coupled with said handle port;
- an outer housing defining an interior and having an exterior;
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- two or more handle extension ports, each of said handle extension ports defining a respective passageway from said exterior of said handle extension portion outer housing to said interior of said handle extension portion outer housing.
An elongate medical device, comprising:
- a shaft comprising a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one of:
- an electrical wire;
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- a fluid lumen;
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- a handle comprising:
- a main body portion coupled with said shaft proximal end, said main body portion comprising:
- an outer housing defining an interior and having an exterior;
- a handle port defining a passageway from said interior to said exterior, said handle port configured to provide access to one or more of a fluid connector fluidly coupled with the fluid lumen and an electromechanical connector electrically coupled with the electrical wire;
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- a handle extension portion comprising:
- a coupling portion coupled with said handle port;
- an outer housing defining an interior and having an exterior;
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- two or more handle extension ports, each of said handle extension ports defining a respective passageway from said exterior of said handle extension portion outer housing to said interior of said handle extension portion outer housing.
A handle assembly for a medical device, comprising:
- a main body portion configured to be coupled with an elongate shaft and to receive one or more of an electrical wire in the shaft and a fluid lumen in the shaft, said main body portion comprising:
- an outer housing defining an interior and having an exterior;
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- a handle port defining a passageway from said exterior to said interior, said handle port configured to provide access to one or more of an electromechanical connector electrically coupled to the electrical wire and a fluid connector fluidly coupled to the fluid lumen;
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- an extension portion, configured to occupy said handle port, said extension portion comprising:
- an outer housing defining an interior and having an exterior;
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- two or more extension ports, each defining a respective passageway from said exterior of said extension portion outer housing to said interior of said extension portion outer housing, at least one of said extension ports configured to replicate said handle port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.