US 11,701,491 B2
Deflectable torque cable for delivery of medical devices
Philip Osterbauer, Wyoming, MN (US); Brian Perszyk, Shoreview, MN (US); and Michael P. Meyer, Minnetrista, MN (US)
Assigned to St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/3,359.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/942,286, filed on Dec. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/892,525, filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0060295 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0105 (2013.01) [A61B 17/12122 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1205 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delivery cable for delivering a medical device, the delivery cable comprising:
a flexible inner core;
an outer coil coaxial with and surrounding at least a portion of the flexible inner core, wherein the flexible inner core is rotatable within and relative to the outer coil;
a pull wire disposed between the flexible inner core and the outer coil, the pull wire configured to deflect a distal deflectable portion of the delivery cable upon manipulation thereof; and
an endscrew coupled to a distal end of the flexible inner core and configured to engage the medical device, wherein the endscrew includes a threaded portion for engaging the medical device.