Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Carl J. Evems
  • Controllable intralumen medical device
    Patent number: 6514237
    Abstract: An intralumen medical device which incorporates electroactive polymer actuators into various sections of flexible medical probes results in a device capable of precisely navigating through tortuous passageways. Electroactive polymer actuators can be attached to or replace various sections of flexible medical probes and selectively activated via a controller to produce various coordinated movements or states of rigidity in the flexible medical probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Cordis Corporation
    Inventor: Luis J. Maseda