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Apparatus and method for using a steerable catheter device

  • US 20050038412A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2004
  • Published: 02/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A steerable catheter device comprising:

  • a sheath engaging a handle, the sheath having an outer end and an inner end;

    a flexible catheter engaging the handle and extending through the sheath;

    a shape memory catheter tip extending from a distal end of the flexible catheter;

    at least one radiopaque marking on the catheter tip; and

    a first lock supported by the handle for adjusting a force required for longitudinal movement of the flexible catheter relative to the sheath and for locking the flexible catheter relative to the sheath along a longitudinal axis of the sheath.

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