Title:
MALLEABLE ELONGATED MEDICAL DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002094334
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
An elongated medical device insertable through an access pathway into a body vessel, organ or cavity to locate a therapeutic or diagnostic distal segment of the elongated medical device into alignment with an anatomic feature of interest having a malleable distal segment capable of being manually formed into a shape facilitating such alignment at room temperature. The elongated medical device includes a device body distal section formed of a malleable material including an elongated, malleable member disposed on or within the device body extending in the direction of the device body axis. The malleable member is formed of a Beta III titanium alloy of the type exhibiting superelastic properties when subjected to strain at a bending strain of less than a set threshold strain and capable of undergoing plastic flow to take a set shape when subjected to a strain of greater than the set threshold at the same temperature.
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Inventors:
SKARDA JAMES R
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/016136
Publication Date:
February 13, 2003
Filing Date:
May 21, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B18/14; A61L29/02; A61L31/02; A61M25/00; C22C14/00; (IPC1-7): A61L31/02; A61L29/02; A61B18/14
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