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David G. Matsuura0
Gregory M. Smith0
Philip J. Simpson0
Walter D. Gillespie0
Date of Patent
March 8, 2005
0Patent Application Number
102224460
Date Filed
August 16, 2002
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An improved articulating device for use with a medical insertion instrument comprising in part a first tube having a plurality of ribs defining a plurality of bending segments, a second tube axially disposed within the first tube, and means for transmitting an axial deflecting pull load. Such device has improved controlled for positioning an end of the device at a selected position within the body. The articulating device has a generally constant moment of inertia and a polar moment of inertia that generally decreases from its proximal to distal end.
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