U.S. Patent 7972298 was awarded to Hansen Medical, Inc. on 2011-07-05 and describes a “Robotic catheter system.” This patent has been cited 280 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

A robotic catheter system includes a controller with a master input device. An instrument driver is in communication with the controller and has a guide instrument interface including a plurality of guide instrument drive elements responsive to control signals generated, at least in part, by the master input device. An elongate guide instrument has a base, distal end, and a working lumen, wherein the guide instrument base is operatively coupled to the guide instrument interface. The guide instrument includes a plurality of guide instrument control elements operatively coupled to respective guide drive elements and secured to the distal end of the guide instrument. The guide instrument control elements are axially moveable relative to the guide instrument such that movement of the guide instrument distal end may be controlled by the master input device. Link: U.S. Patent 7972298

This patent was originally filed on 2005-03-04 which gives it a processing time of 2314 days, compared to an average processing time of 1881 in the field. Hansen Medical, Inc. has 132 total patents. The first named inventor is David F. Moore of , England. The primary examiner was Sanjay Cattungal.

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