Steerable catheter

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Description

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a steerable catheter according to a preferred form of the present design;

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a first side view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a second side view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a first end view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a second end view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is a first perspective view of a steerable catheter according to another preferred form of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a second perspective view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a first side view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a second side view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a top view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 9;

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 9;

FIG. 15 is a first end view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 9; and,

FIG. 16 is a second end view of the steerable catheter of FIG. 9.

The broken line showing is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a steerable catheter, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D466209
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 4, 2001
Date of Patent: Nov 26, 2002
Assignee: Visionary Biomedical, Inc. (Roswell, GA)
Inventor: Edwin Bon (Canton, GA)
Primary Examiner: Ian Simmons
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Gardner Groff & Mehrman, P.C.
Application Number: 29/151,288