CA2465141A1 - Defined deflection structure - Google Patents

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CA2465141A1
CA2465141A1 CA002465141A CA2465141A CA2465141A1 CA 2465141 A1 CA2465141 A1 CA 2465141A1 CA 002465141 A CA002465141 A CA 002465141A CA 2465141 A CA2465141 A CA 2465141A CA 2465141 A1 CA2465141 A1 CA 2465141A1
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Sean Carroll
Domenic Santoianni
Benoit Thibault
Dan Wittenberger
Mathieu-Philippe Aubert
Marc-Andre Marcotte
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Medtronic Cryocath LP
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Sean Carroll
Domenic Santoianni
Benoit Thibault
Dan Wittenberger
Mathieu-Philippe Aubert
Cryocath Technologies Inc.
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Abstract

Deflection mechanisms are disclosed that are positionable to deflecting portions of a flexible body, such as a catheter, in more than one direction in a single plane, as well as in more than one plane. The invention allows a distal portion of a catheter to be deflected more than 360 degrees to provide a loop, as in Figure 22.
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