Patent Issued for Input and articulation system for catheters and other uses (USPTO 11642494).

The catheter articulation system comprises an elongate catheter body having a proximal portion and a distal portion with an axis therebetween. The catheter articulation system comprises an elongate catheter body having a proximal portion and a distal portion with an axis therebetween. Pull wires may be the most common catheter tip deflection structures and work well for many catheter systems by, for example, controllably decreasing separation between loops along one side of a helical coil, braid, or cut hypotube near the end of a catheter or wire. The method of claim 2, wherein the articulated body comprises an articulated catheter body, wherein the articulating of the catheter body is performed by directing fluid pressure to a plurality of actuators. [Extracted from the article]