US 11,696,998 B2
Drive systems and methods of use
Barry Weitzner, Acton, MA (US); Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US); Michael Barenboym, Boston, MA (US); Gary Kappel, Acton, MA (US); and John Golden, Norton, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/810,452.
Application 16/810,452 is a continuation of application No. 15/358,804, filed on Nov. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,617,848.
Application 15/358,804 is a continuation of application No. 12/008,502, filed on Jan. 11, 2008, granted, now 9,533,122, issued on Jan. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/938,924, filed on May 18, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2020/0197665 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0136 (2013.01) [A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00446 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical system, comprising:
a control member comprising an ambidextrous control handle coupled to a control mechanism, the handle having a first orientation relative to the control mechanism in a right-handed configuration, and a second orientation relative to the control mechanism in a left-handed configuration, wherein the handle is (i) detachable from, or (ii) rotatable relative to, the control mechanism to transition between the first orientation and the second orientation; and
a catheter including an articulation section;
wherein the control mechanism is configured to transmit force applied on the handle to the catheter to articulate the articulation section, and
wherein the handle includes a trigger, and transitioning between the first orientation and the second orientation changes an orientation of the trigger by 180 degrees.
 
15. A medical system, comprising:
a control member comprising an ambidextrous control handle coupled to a control mechanism; and
a catheter comprising a body that includes a plurality of cut-out sections separated by flexible hinges that form an articulation section, wherein the body bends at the hinges in response to tension transmitted by the control mechanism, the catheter including at least one channel extending through the articulation section,
wherein the handle is coupled to the control mechanism, the handle having a first orientation relative to the control mechanism in a right-handed configuration, and a second orientation relative to the control mechanism in a left-handed configuration, wherein the handle is configured to transition between the first orientation and the second orientation, and
wherein the handle includes a trigger, and transitioning between the first orientation and the second orientation changes an orientation of the trigger by 180 degrees.