Steerable intra-luminal medical device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11918766
APP PUB NO 20200179654A1
SERIAL NO

16792765

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The disclosure provides a flexible, narrow medical device (such as a micro-catheter or a guidewire) that is controllably moved and steered through lumens of a body. The medical device may include an electrically-actuatable bendable portion at a distal end, which may be provided by a polymer electrolyte layer, electrodes distributed about the polymer electrolyte layer, and electrical conduits coupled to the electrodes, such that the polymer electrolyte layer deforms asymmetrically in response to an electrical signal through one or more conduits. The disclosure further includes a controller for moving the device into and out of bodily lumens and for applying the electrical signal for steering the device. The device further includes methods of preparing the polymer electrolyte layer in tubular shape.

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  • BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kim, Daniel H Houston, US 148 13088
Palmre, Viljar Pearland, US 9 18
Shin, Dong Suk Houston, US 80 418

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