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Hypotube shaft with articulation mechanism

  • US 9,277,990 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2013
  • Issued: 03/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for delivering a medical aid into a patient, the device comprising:

  • an anchor having proximal and distal ends;

    an arm connected to the distal end of the anchor and having a first lumen, the arm being rotatable about a single axis only relative to the anchor, the axis being substantially perpendicular to the first lumen;

    a pull wire having proximal and distal ends, the pull wire distal end being mechanically coupled to the arm;

    a hollow shaft having proximal and distal ends, the anchor being sized to fit within the hollow shaft distal end, at least a portion of the hollow shaft distal end being proximal to the axis;

    a flexible sleeve radially overlying the axis and the hollow shaft distal end; and

    a flexible tube extending through the first lumen, the flexible tube having a second lumen, wherein the arm is in a first position when the pull wire distal end is in a first position and the arm is in a second position when the pull wire distal end is in a second position.

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