Steerable Shaft Assistance Control

Abstract

A control assembly for a steerable medical device shaft, the control assembly may include a steerable-shaft handle; and an elongate docking translating base, including a first-end opening dimensioned to receive and operably engage a portion of a separate medical device handle and a second-end ball. The steerable-shaft handle surrounds a longitudinal passage extending distally from a first-end terminus that includes a socket dimensioned to engagingly receive the second-end ball. The longitudinal passage includes a path in mechanical communication with the first-end opening of the base. The base includes at least two steering wires that extend through the steerable-shaft handle in mechanical communication with a steerable length of a shaft length disposed distal of the steerable-shaft handle.

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