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Class Information
Number: 600/434
Name: Surgery > Diagnostic testing > Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation > Detectable material placed in body > Using flexible catheter > Catheter guide means
Description: Subject matter including means for either (a) guiding the catheter while it is being inserted into the body or (b) guiding the catheter after it has been inserted within the body (e.g., means for bending the tip of the catheter after its insertion in the body so that the catheter will enter a selected portion of a branched passageway).
Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7615032 |
Vascular guidewire control apparatus |
Nov. 10, 2009 |
| 7595082 |
Wire guide |
Sep. 29, 2009 |
| 7553287 |
Guidewire having an embedded matrix polymer |
Jun. 30, 2009 |
| 7534223 |
Catheter with formed guide wire ramp |
May. 19, 2009 |
| 7520863 |
Guidewire with deflectable tip having improved torque characteristics |
Apr. 21, 2009 |
| 7503914 |
Dual-function catheter handle |
Mar. 17, 2009 |
| 7503904 |
Dual balloon telescoping guiding catheter |
Mar. 17, 2009 |
| 7493156 |
Steerable guide catheter with pre-shaped rotatable shaft |
Feb. 17, 2009 |
| 7452331 |
Vascular adjustable multi-gauge tilt-out method and apparatus for guiding needles |
Nov. 18, 2008 |
| 7438717 |
Anesthesia intubating forceps |
Oct. 21, 2008 |
| 7351214 |
Steerable balloon catheter |
Apr. 1, 2008 |
| 7343195 |
Method and apparatus for real time quantitative three-dimensional image reconstruction of a moving organ and intra-body navigation |
Mar. 11, 2008 |
| 7336988 |
Multi-photon endoscopy |
Feb. 26, 2008 |
| 7302289 |
Readable probe array for in-vivo use |
Nov. 27, 2007 |
| 7280863 |
System and method for radar-assisted catheter guidance and control |
Oct. 9, 2007 |
| 7205768 |
Connection lead for an electrical accessory device of an MRI system |
Apr. 17, 2007 |
| 7194297 |
Impedance-matching apparatus and construction for intravascular device |
Mar. 20, 2007 |
| 7190819 |
Image-based medical device localization |
Mar. 13, 2007 |
| 7176936 |
Augmented reality guided instrument positioning with modulated guiding graphics |
Feb. 13, 2007 |
| 7176467 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for determining deviation of an x-ray field, a light field and a primary receptor |
Feb. 13, 2007 |
| 7169166 |
Active arterial embolization filter |
Jan. 30, 2007 |
| 7166080 |
Wire convertible from over-the-wire length to rapid exchange length |
Jan. 23, 2007 |
| 7094209 |
Method for introducer replacement |
Aug. 22, 2006 |
| 7083577 |
Guide wire |
Aug. 1, 2006 |
| 7074197 |
Composite guidewire |
Jul. 11, 2006 |
| 7076285 |
Guide wire insertion and re-insertion tools and methods of use |
Jul. 11, 2006 |
| 7072707 |
Method and apparatus for collecting and processing physical space data for use while performing image-guided surgery |
Jul. 4, 2006 |
| 7041097 |
System and method for accessing the coronary sinus |
May. 9, 2006 |
| 7033325 |
Guidewire with multiple radiopaque marker sections |
Apr. 25, 2006 |
| 7029468 |
Catheter assembly with side wall exit lumen and method therefor |
Apr. 18, 2006 |
| 7025758 |
Endovascular medical device with plurality of wires |
Apr. 11, 2006 |
| 7020512 |
Method of localizing medical devices |
Mar. 28, 2006 |
| 6994712 |
Bioabsorbable marker having external anchoring means |
Feb. 7, 2006 |
| 6951554 |
Deflecting catheter |
Oct. 4, 2005 |
| 6949104 |
Guide wire steering handle |
Sep. 27, 2005 |
| 6947787 |
System and methods for imaging within a body lumen |
Sep. 20, 2005 |
| 6939361 |
Guidewire for a free standing intervascular device having an integral stop mechanism |
Sep. 6, 2005 |
| 6929635 |
Reinforced multi-lumen medical shaft |
Aug. 16, 2005 |
| 6920347 |
Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation systems |
Jul. 19, 2005 |
| 6908468 |
Devices for nuclear spin tomography magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
Jun. 21, 2005 |
| 6879854 |
Guide wire insertion and re-insertion tools and methods of use |
Apr. 12, 2005 |
| 6811958 |
Medical long object and method for producing the same |
Nov. 2, 2004 |
| 6796948 |
Guide wire installation device for catheter |
Sep. 28, 2004 |
| 6786875 |
Medical device with shield having a retractable needle |
Sep. 7, 2004 |
| 6772001 |
Medical examination and/or treatment system |
Aug. 3, 2004 |
| 6752154 |
Device for accurately marking tissue |
Jun. 22, 2004 |
| 6722371 |
Device for accurately marking tissue |
Apr. 20, 2004 |
| 6702780 |
Steering configuration for catheter with rigid distal device |
Mar. 9, 2004 |
| 6695771 |
Self-propelled colonoscope |
Feb. 24, 2004 |
| 6669652 |
Guidewire with tapered distal coil |
Dec. 30, 2003 |
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