Japan, Feb. 24 -- XCATH INC,BOARD OF REGENTS THE UNIV OF TEXAS SYSTEM has got intellectual property rights for 'INTRODUCTION DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTROACTIVE TIP ON GUIDE WIRE.' Other related details are as follows:
Application Number: JP,2024-072998
Category (FI): A61M25/092,A61M25/01,A61M25/09,A61M25/00,540
Stage: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catheter and a guide wire using a tip end of an electroactive polymer.SOLUTION: A catheter comprises a hollow sheath 20 and a guide wire 12 extendable within the hollow sheath. The guide wire comprises a controllably bendable tip portion, a hollow tubular intermediate portion 14 connected to the tip portion, an electrical connection portion 21 connected to the hollow tubular portion, at least one first wire extending through the hollow tubular portion and connected at a first end thereof to a first circumferential conductor and at a second end thereof to a surface of the tip end, and a power supply connector where the electrical connection portion is received in the power supply connector and a first terminal in the power supply connector contacts the first circumferential conductor.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 (Grant)
Filing Date: April 26, 2024
Publication Date: July 25, 2024
The original document can be viewed at: https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/p0100
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