US 11,717,648 B2
Puller wire t-bar for medical catheter
Thanh Nguyen, El Monte, CA (US); Anand Rao, Tustin, CA (US); Joy Baybay, Irwindale, CA (US); and Keshava Datta, Chino Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam (IL)
Filed by Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam (IL)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,884.
Application 17/972,884 is a division of application No. 16/708,170, filed on Dec. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,517,716.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,401, filed on Dec. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083615 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61L 29/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0147 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61L 29/06 (2013.01); A61M 25/005 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1407 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61M 2025/015 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical probe comprising:
a generally tubular member extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal portion to a distal portion;
a tip portion coupled to the tubular member proximate the distal portion of the medical probe;
a puller wire disposed in the tubular member and configured for movement along the longitudinal axis to bend the tip portion with respect to the longitudinal axis;
an anchor comprising a ferrule connected to the puller wire and a transverse extension extending from the ferrule; and
a fiber wrapped at a first position over the ferrule, engaged to a proximal surface of the transverse extension, and comprising free ends at a second position distal of the first position.