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Magnetic navigation manipulation apparatus

  • US 20060144407A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2005
  • Published: 07/06/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for positioning a guide catheter or other thru-lumen catheters and tubing in a target location of the body, the apparatus comprising:

  • a flexible tube having a proximal end and a distal end, and a lumen therebetween; and

    a plurality of magnetically responsive elements disposed on the distal end of the flexible tube, wherein one or more of the magnetically responsive elements are spaced apart from the remaining adjacently positioned magnetically responsive elements located a predetermined distance from the distal end of the flexible tube.

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