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Steerable catheter with fixed curve

  • US 5,779,669 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1996
  • Issued: 07/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A steerable catheter, comprising:

  • a preshaped distal section,a flexible intermediate section having a distal end connected to said distal section,a complexly curved proximal section having a distal end connected to said flexible intermediate section, said proximal section being shaped to seat the catheter relative to an anatomical feature within a patient, andmeans for steering the distal section of the seated catheter into contact with tissue within the patient by flexing said flexible intermediate section.

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