Isaac Ostrovsky,Victor Shukhat,Jianmin Li,Jozef Slauda
申请号:
US13368534
公开号:
US09192285B2
申请日:
2012.02.08
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
A steerable medical device is used to controllably introduce a guidewire or other medical instrument into a body of a patient and direct placement of the guidewire or other medical instrument in the body of the patient. The steerable medical device can include an elongated member, a steering mechanism, and an attachment member. The elongated member extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises a deflectable distal portion that is deflectable off of the longitudinal axis. The steering mechanism is adapted to control longitudinal and rotational movement of the elongated member and to control off-axis deflection of its deflectable portion. The attachment member is removably couplable to another medical device. The attachment member is moveably coupled to the steering mechanism and the elongated member.