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Catheter steering mechanism

  • US 5,395,327 A
  • Filed: 07/30/1993
  • Issued: 03/07/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A steering mechanism comprising:

  • a tubular body,a lead spring carried by the body bendable in response to external forces in different first and second directions,first and second steering wires each attached to the lead spring movable in two paths for applying different external bending forces on the lead spring,a controller including a control element operatively connected to the first wire for applying tension thereto for bending the lead spring in the first direction into a first predetermined nonlinear configuration, and a control element operatively connected to the second wire for applying tension thereto for bending the lead spring in the second direction into a second predetermined nonlinear configuration different than the first nonlinear configuration.

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