Patent ID: 11931530
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 23:
24. A medical device, comprising:
a handle having a proximal end, a distal end, and a handle body defining an interior of the handle;
a tube extending from the distal end of the handle;
an articulation portion at a distal end of the tube;
a first steering assembly including a first knob, a first shaft coupled to the first knob, and a first strand, wherein rotation of the first knob about a steering axis rotates the first shaft and pulls the first strand to deflect the articulation portion in a first direction;
a second steering assembly including a second knob, a second shaft coupled to the second knob, and a second strand, wherein rotation of the second knob about the steering axis rotates the second shaft and pulls the second strand to deflect the articulation portion in a second direction different than the first direction;
only one brake actuator rotatable by a user to prevent rotation of both of the first knob and the second knob, the only one brake actuator having an exterior portion outside of the handle body for engagement by the user, and an interior portion in the interior of the handle; and
a brake in the interior of the handle and coupled to the interior portion of the only one brake actuator,
wherein rotation of the only one brake actuator relative to the handle body and about a brake axis different than the steering axis causes the brake to contact, in the interior of the handle, each of the first steering assembly and the second steering assembly, and wherein a direction of movement by the brake towards the first and second steering assemblies is transverse to the steering axis of the first and second steering assemblies.