DE3850628D1 - Durch ihr Ende steuerbare Vorrichtung. - Google Patents

Durch ihr Ende steuerbare Vorrichtung.

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DE3850628D1
DE3850628D1 DE3850628T DE3850628T DE3850628D1 DE 3850628 D1 DE3850628 D1 DE 3850628D1 DE 3850628 T DE3850628 T DE 3850628T DE 3850628 T DE3850628 T DE 3850628T DE 3850628 D1 DE3850628 D1 DE 3850628D1
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memory element
temperature
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DE3850628T2 (de
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William C Mccoy
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Catheter Research Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/0105—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning
    • A61M25/0133—Tip steering devices
    • A61M25/0158—Tip steering devices with magnetic or electrical means, e.g. by using piezo materials, electroactive polymers, magnetic materials or by heating of shape memory materials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H37/00—Thermally-actuated switches
    • H01H37/02—Details
    • H01H37/32—Thermally-sensitive members
    • H01H37/323—Thermally-sensitive members making use of shape memory materials
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08L—COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
    • C08L2201/00—Properties
    • C08L2201/12—Shape memory
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H37/00—Thermally-actuated switches
    • H01H37/02—Details
    • H01H37/32—Thermally-sensitive members
    • H01H37/46—Thermally-sensitive members actuated due to expansion or contraction of a solid
    • H01H37/50—Thermally-sensitive members actuated due to expansion or contraction of a solid with extensible wires under tension

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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  • Pulmonology (AREA)
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  • Anesthesiology (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Hematology (AREA)
  • Media Introduction/Drainage Providing Device (AREA)
  • Endoscopes (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Paper (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Manipulator (AREA)
  • Laser Surgery Devices (AREA)
  • Temperature-Responsive Valves (AREA)
  • Surgical Instruments (AREA)
DE3850628T 1987-10-02 1988-09-22 Durch ihr Ende steuerbare Vorrichtung. Revoked DE3850628T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US07/103,926 US4944727A (en) 1986-06-05 1987-10-02 Variable shape guide apparatus

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DE3850628D1 true DE3850628D1 (de) 1994-08-18
DE3850628T2 DE3850628T2 (de) 1995-03-23

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DE3850628T Revoked DE3850628T2 (de) 1987-10-02 1988-09-22 Durch ihr Ende steuerbare Vorrichtung.

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US (1) US4944727A (de)
EP (1) EP0310295B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH01139076A (de)
AT (1) ATE108339T1 (de)
CA (1) CA1325938C (de)
DE (1) DE3850628T2 (de)

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ATE108339T1 (de) 1994-07-15
EP0310295A3 (en) 1990-09-19
US4944727A (en) 1990-07-31
DE3850628T2 (de) 1995-03-23
JPH01139076A (ja) 1989-05-31
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