Inventors:
- St. Louis MO, US
Nathan Kastelein - St. Louis MO, US
Gregory A. Trees - Loveland OH, US
Kevin D. Predmore - Heath OH, US
Gregory S. Kramer - Hilliard OH, US
Michael S. Ulrich - Columbus OH, US
James B. Gleeson - Columbus OH, US
Jeffrey R. Held - Columbus OH, US
Timothy M. Blum - Columbus OH, US
International Classification:
A61B 19/00
Abstract:
A system for operating a catheter having a distal end adapted to be navigated in the body, and a proximal end having a handle with a translatable control and a rotatable control for acting on the distal end of the device includes a support for receiving and engaging the handle of the catheter; a translation mechanism for advancing and retracting the support to advance and retract a catheter whose handle is received in the support; a rotation mechanism for rotating the support to rotate a catheter whose handle is received in the support; a translation operator for engaging the translatable control of a catheter whose handle is received in the support and operating the translatable control to act on the distal end of the device; and a rotation operator for engaging the rotatable control of a catheter whose handle is received in the support and operating the rotatable control to act on the distal end of the device.