Wire reinforced articulation segment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7004937
APP PUB NO 20040024413A1
SERIAL NO

10210616

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A device for steering a cardiac cryoablation catheter through the vasculature of a patient includes separate first and second deflection members that connect a tip member to the distal end of a catheter tube. Importantly, the first deflection member has a first flexural modulus, and the second deflection member has a second flexural modulus that is greater than the first flexural modulus. Also included is a control wire for pulling the tip member toward the catheter tube. In response, the first and second deflection members differentially deflect, according to their respective flexural moduli, to move the tip member for steering the catheter through the vasculature.

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CRYOCOR INC9717 PACIFIC HEIGHTS BLVD SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Estepa, Phillip A San Diego, CA 3 112
Lentz, David J La Jolla, CA 71 6043

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