Patent ID: 9138562
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A conduit for insertion into a living body, the conduit comprising: a hub portion at a proximal end of the conduit; a plurality of adjacent segments, each of the plurality of segments having a front face, a back face, and a central axis, the front faces of the segments being adjacent to the back faces of adjacent segments for forming a flexible joint between the adjacent segments and for enabling the segments to be deflected from a configuration wherein the central axes of the segments are aligned; a main lumen defined by the plurality of adjacent segments, the main lumen passing through the front and back faces of the segments; a first side lumen defined by the plurality of adjacent segments, the first side lumen disposed within the segments at a location radially distant from the central axes of the segments; a first wire disposed in the first side lumen, the first wire being joined to a most distal segment of the plurality of segments, the first wire having a proximal end that can be manipulated through a control mechanism at the hub portion to selectively tighten the first wire and cause the most distal segment to bend in the direction of the tightened first wire; a first snare lumen defined by the plurality of adjacent segments, the first snare lumen disposed within the segments at a location radially distant from the central axes of the segments and a first snare wire disposed in the first snare lumen, the first snare wire having a looped end that extends from a distal end of the conduit for releasably attaching to an implant device, wherein the first snare wire is resiliently biased such that it automatically deflects the looped end away from the central axis of the most distal segment upon uncoupling of the looped end from the implant device; and a main catheter section attached to a most proximal segment of the plurality of segments.