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Flexible instrument

  • US 7,713,190 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2007
  • Issued: 05/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of performing a medical procedure on a patient, comprising:

  • conveying control signals from a remote controller to a drive unit to thereby manipulate, including bending, a distal end portion of a catheter coupled to the drive unit;

    operating the drive unit in accordance with the control signals to intravenously position the catheter distal end portion within a first heart chamber of the patient; and

    conveying control signals from the remote controller to the drive unit to thereby manipulate the catheter distal end portion to create a puncture in a wall between the first chamber and a second chamber of the heart.

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