US 12,016,533 B2
Steerable medical device having an imaging system
Christopher L. Oskin, Grafton, MA (US); Brian C. MacLean, Westford, MA (US); William M. Asselin, Lunenburg, MA (US); Michael O'Brien, Newton, MA (US); and Thomas M. Zappia, West Boylston, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/074,714.
Application 17/074,714 is a continuation of application No. 16/282,794, filed on Feb. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,842,361.
Application 16/282,794 is a continuation of application No. 14/792,425, filed on Jul. 6, 2015, granted, now 10,251,534, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Application 14/792,425 is a continuation of application No. 13/737,681, filed on Jan. 9, 2013, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/585,090, filed on Jan. 10, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0030258 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/0655 (2022.02) [A61B 1/00064 (2013.01); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00078 (2013.01); A61B 1/00121 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a member including at least a proximal portion including a proximal combination of layers of material, a medial portion including a medial combination of layers of material, and a distal portion extending to a distalmost end of the member and including a distal combination of layers of material, wherein the distal combination of layers includes an additional layer not included in the proximal combination of layers of material or the medial combination of layers of material;
a handle assembly connected to the proximal portion of the member, wherein the handle assembly includes an at least partially spherical portion at a proximal portion of the handle assembly; and
a steering mechanism, wherein the steering mechanism includes first and second actuators movable relative to the proximal portion of the handle assembly to deflect at least a portion of the distal portion of the member, wherein the first actuator is curved around a first portion of the at least partially spherical portion of the proximal portion of the handle assembly, and wherein the second actuator is curved around a second portion of the at least partially spherical portion of the proximal portion of the handle assembly,
wherein the first actuator is pivotable around the handle assembly in a first direction to deflect the at least a portion of the distal portion of the member in a first plane, and wherein the second actuator is pivotable around the handle assembly in a second direction to deflect the at least a portion of the distal portion of the member in a second plane different from the first plane.