Endovascular catheters with tuned control members and associated systems and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9138578
APP PUB NO 20150073514A1
SERIAL NO

14022306

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Endovascular catheters and control wires for operating the catheters and associated systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed include a catheter apparatus having an elongated shaft, a therapeutic assembly at a distal portion of the shaft, and a handle at a proximal portion of the shaft. An actuator is located at the handle and operably coupled to the therapeutic assembly via a tuned control member extending through the shaft. The tuned control member includes a control wire and a tuning component attached to one another within the shaft. The tuned control member is configured to achieve a desired tuned force-displacement response by modifying the stress-strain response that a non-tuned control wire would ordinarily provide without the intervening tuning component.

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  • MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ku, Vincent Palo Alto, US 45 3175
Wu, Andrew Los Altos Hills, US 83 10446

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