US 11,832,793 B2
Vivo visualization system
John O. McWeeney, Brighton, MA (US); Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US); Jozef Slanda, Milford, MA (US); Benjamin E. Morris, Jeffersonville, IN (US); David W. Robertson, Ogunquit, ME (US); David I. Freed, Westborough, MA (US); James F. Schuermann, Natick, MA (US); John B. Golden, Norton, MA (US); Brian Keith Wells, Lagrange, KY (US); Jesse Leonard Farris, III, Exeter, NH (US); Oscar R. Carrillo, Jr., Middletown, CT (US); Todd A. Hall, Goshen, KY (US); Yem Chin, Burlington, MA (US); and Mark L. Adams, Sandy, UT (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/155,108.
Application 18/155,108 is a continuation of application No. 17/348,442, filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Application 17/348,442 is a continuation of application No. 15/585,934, filed on May 3, 2017, granted, now 11,064,869, issued on Jul. 20, 2021.
Application 15/585,934 is a continuation of application No. 13/443,138, filed on Apr. 10, 2012, abandoned.
Application 13/443,138 is a continuation of application No. 13/041,624, filed on Mar. 7, 2011, granted, now 8,608,649, issued on Dec. 17, 2013.
Application 13/041,624 is a continuation of application No. 11/089,520, filed on Mar. 23, 2005, granted, now 7,922,650, issued on Apr. 12, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/656,801, filed on Feb. 25, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/555,356, filed on Mar. 23, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148845 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/008 (2006.01); A61B 1/012 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/273 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/0057 (2013.01) [A61B 1/008 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/00117 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/0125 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/0607 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/273 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of locking a steering mechanism of a medical device handle, the method comprising:
rotating a lock lever of a locking mechanism about an axis to move the lock lever to a locked position, causing a first cam profile of a first member of the locking mechanism to interact with a second cam profile of a second member of the locking mechanism, wherein the first member includes a boss portion configured to be keyed for rotation with a portion of the lock lever;
as a result of the interaction between the first cam profile and the second cam profile, translating the second member of the locking mechanism relative to a housing of the medical device handle, wherein the second member includes a boss section that is configured for receiving at least a portion of the first member therein; and
as a result of the translation of the second member, causing a first side of the steering mechanism to frictionally engage with the housing of the medical device handle;
wherein the steering mechanism comprises a first pulley, a second pulley, and a thrust plate rotationally fixed between the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein the translation of the second member causes a side of the first pulley to frictionally engage with a first side of a thrust plate, thereby restricting rotation of the first pulley, and wherein the translation of the second member causes a side of the second pulley to frictionally engage with a second side of a thrust plate.