US 11,744,989 B2
System for guide catheter control with introducer connector
Steven J. Blacker, Framingham, MA (US)
Assigned to Corindus, Inc., Newton, MA (US)
Filed by Corindus, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/77,779.
Application 15/229,338 is a division of application No. 14/106,638, filed on Dec. 13, 2013, granted, now 9,427,562, issued on Aug. 30, 2016.
Application 17/077,779 is a continuation of application No. 15/953,971, filed on Apr. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,828,463.
Application 15/953,971 is a continuation of application No. 15/229,338, filed on Aug. 5, 2016, granted, now 9,993,615, issued on Jun. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/737,092, filed on Dec. 13, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0100980 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0113 (2013.01) [A61B 6/48 (2013.01); A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61B 17/3498 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61M 39/06 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 39/1055 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61M 2039/062 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A robotic catheter system comprising:
a connector defining a pathway and including a first connection member, a second connection member and a breakaway portion, the breakaway portion being at a center portion of the connector, the center portion being at a separate location than the first connection member and the second connection member,
the connector including a region of alternating ridges and grooves proximate the first connection member;
a catheter extending through the connector, wherein the first connection member and the second connection member separable at the breakaway portion once a predetermined force is applied to the connector.