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Catheter steering assembly providing asymmetric left and right curve configurations

  • US 5,891,088 A
  • Filed: 03/06/1997
  • Issued: 04/06/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A catheter having an elongated tubular body bendable adjacent to its distal end in response to an external force, and a proximal end attached to a handle for manipulating said tubular body by applying the external force thereto, comprising,a steering assembly for applying a bending force on the body, the steering assembly includinga rotatable cam located in said handle,a steering wire operable in response to movement of the rotatable cam for bending the tubular body, said steering wire being attached tangentially to the lateral edges of said rotatable cam by a means for connection, said means for connection of said wire being adjustable so that the corresponding degree of movement of said tubular body in response to rotation of said rotatable cam is altered by adjustment of said connection.

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