Patent ID: 9216299
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A catheter, comprising: a hollow tube for insertion into a hollow organ or blood vessel; a guide wire; a first inductive element located at a terminal end of the guide wire, the first inductive element receiving an electrical current and having a diameter of less than 0.105 inches; a second inductive element embedded in or placed on a surface of a terminal segment of a distal portion of the hollow tube, the second inductive element receiving an electrical current; and an actuator comprising: wherein the actuator undergoes conformational change to increase the structural integrity of the catheter in response to an electrical current administered to the actuator through the guide wire; and wherein the actuator undergoes conformational change to increase the structural integrity of the catheter in response to mechanical tension applied to the core wire.