IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,310,869
Granted Patent B2
US 12,310,869 · App. 16/562,669 · Granted May 27, 2025

Steering wire attach for angulation

Inventors: Karl R. Chung (Phoenix, AZ); Matthew S. Beard (Phoenix, AZ); Martin J. Sector (Gilbert, AZ)
Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
A61F2/95A61F2/07A61F2002/065A61F2002/9511A61M2025/015
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Patent No.
US 12,310,869
App. No.
16/562,669
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for example device delivery. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include an actuation wire coupled to the expandable device at one or more locations thereon, the actuation wire being configured to steer the expandable device during delivery.

Claims (25)

1. A delivery system comprising:

a catheter having a leading end and a trailing end;

an expandable device arranged near the leading end of the catheter and including a proximal end, a distal end, and a flow lumen extending therebetween;

an actuation wire coupled to the expandable device at one or more locations thereon, the actuation wire being configured to bidirectionally steer the expandable device proximally and distally during delivery thereof; and

at least one tether arranged through a portion of the expandable device, arranged through the actuation wire and configured to couple the actuation wire to the expandable device, wherein the at least one tether is configured to uncouple and release from the expandable device in response to tension applied to the actuation wire after delivery of the expandable device.

2. The delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the expandable device is configured to deploy at a tortious vessel having a curvature with at least one inflection point, and the actuation wire is configured to maintain the proximal end of the expandable device approximately perpendicular to the inflection point in the curvature of the tortious vessel during delivery of the expandable device.

3. The delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the actuation wire is coupled to the expandable device adjacent the proximal end via the at least one tether being arranged through the actuation wire and the portion of the expandable device.

4. The delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the actuation wire is configured to bidirectionally steer the expandable device proximally and distally during delivery thereof.

5. The delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tether includes two tethers, and the actuation wire is coupled to the expandable device at two or more locations via the two tethers.

6. The delivery system of claim 5 , wherein the actuation wire includes a bifurcation including a first branch and a second branch, and the first branch and the second branch are coupled to the expandable device at the two or more locations via a first of the two tethers being arranged through the first branch, and a second of the two tethers being arranged through the second branch.

7. The delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tether is arranged through the actuation wire and arranged through the expandable device at two locations to couple the actuation wire to the expandable device.

8. The delivery system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one tether extends from and through the actuation wire and through the expandable device at the two locations adjacent the proximal end of the expandable device.

9. The delivery system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one tether includes two tethers, and the two tethers extend from and through the actuation wire and through the expandable device at the two locations adjacent the proximal end of the expandable device.

10. The delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tether comprises a bio-absorbable material.

11. The delivery system of claim 1 , wherein one of the proximal end and the distal end of the expandable device is operable to be maintained parallel to a target location and another of the proximal end and the distal end of the expandable device is operable to be bidirectionally steered by the actuation wire.

12. A delivery system comprising:

a catheter having a leading end and a trailing end;

an expandable device arranged near the leading end of the catheter and including a proximal end, a distal end, and a flow lumen extending therebetween;

an actuation wire coupled to the expandable device at two or more locations thereon, the actuation wire being configured to bi-directionally steer the expandable device during delivery thereof such that one of the proximal end and distal end angulate s to a target location; and

at least one tether configured to couple the actuation wire to the expandable device to uncouple and release from the expandable device in response to tension applied to the actuation wire after delivery of the expandable device.

13. The delivery system of claim 12 , wherein the actuation wire bifurcates to form a first branch and a second branch to form a y-shaped structure, and the first branch and the second branch are coupled to the expandable device at two locations.

14. The delivery system of claim 13 , further comprising two tethers configured to couple the actuation wire to the two or more locations on the expandable device.

15. The delivery system of claim 14 , wherein a first of the two tethers being arranged through a proximal end of the first branch and through the expandable device, and a second of the two tethers being arranged through a proximal end of the second branch and through the expandable device to couple the actuation wire to the two or more locations on the expandable device.

16. The delivery system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one tether and the actuation wire form a y-shaped structure.

17. The delivery system of claim 12 , further comprising at least one tether arranged through the actuation wire and arranged through the expandable device at two locations to couple the actuation wire to the expandable device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: CHUNG, KARL R.; BEARD, MATTHEW S.; SECTOR, MARTIN J.
To: W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Reel/Frame 052899/0358 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2018021442 · Mar 8, 2018
Provisional Application 62468618 · Mar 8, 2017
Related Publication 20190388256A1 · Dec 26, 2019
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