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10. An electrophysiological catheter having at least a first feature subject to manipulation by a user, the catheter comprising:
an elongated catheter body, the first feature being distal of the catheter body;
a control handle; and
a plurality of puller wires extending from the control handle and through at least the elongated catheter body,
wherein the control handle comprises:
a housing;
a deflection assembly comprising:
a deflection actuator adapted for rotation by the user;
a pulley arm adapted for rotation about a rotational axis in response to rotation of the deflection actuator, at least a first of the puller wires coupled to the pulley arm, wherein rotation of the pulley arm actuates the at least first puller wire;
a disk actuator adapted for rotation about the rotational axis by the user; and
a second of the puller wires coupled to the disk actuator, wherein rotation of the disk actuator actuates the second puller wire to manipulate the first feature,
wherein the pulley arm has a radial bearing formation defining the rotational axis, and the disk actuator is positioned on the radial bearing formation and adapted to wrap the second puller wire on the radial bearing formation when the disk actuator is rotated by the user, the disk actuator and the pulley arm being rotationally independent of each other.
11. A catheter of claim 10, the housing has an opening and the disk actuator has a tab extending through the opening to outside of the housing.
12. A catheter of claim 10, the pulley arm has a main body and the disk actuator is positioned between the main body and the housing of the control handle.
13. An electrophysiological catheter having at least a first feature subject to manipulation by a user, the catheter comprising:
an elongated catheter body, the first feature being distal of the catheter body;
a control handle defining a longitudinal axis; and
a plurality of puller wires extending from the control handle and through at least the elongated catheter body,
wherein the control handle comprises:
a housing;
a deflection assembly comprising:
a deflection actuator adapted for rotation by the user;
a pulley arm adapted for rotation about a first rotational axis in response to rotation of the deflection actuator, at least a first of the puller wires coupled to the pulley arm, wherein rotation of the pulley arm actuates the at least first puller wire; and
a lever actuator adapted for rotation about a second rotational axis by the user , the second rotational axis being generally parallel with the longitudinal axis of the control handle, a second of the puller wires being coupled to the lever actuator and rotation of the lever actuator actuates the second puller wire to manipulate the first feature, and
wherein the lever actuator and the pulley arm are rotationally independent of each other.
14. An electrophysiological catheter of claim 13, wherein the housing has an opening and the level actuator has an end extending through the opening to outside the housing.
15. An electrophysiological catheter of claim 13, wherein the level actuator has a shroud portion adapted to cover the opening.
16. An electrophysiological catheter having at least a first feature subject to manipulation by a user, the catheter comprising:
an elongated catheter body, the first feature being distal of the catheter body;
a control handle defining a longitudinal axis; and
a plurality of puller wires extending from the control handle and through at least the elongated catheter body,
wherein the control handle comprises:
a housing;
a deflection assembly comprising:
a deflection actuator adapted for rotation by the user;
a pulley arm adapted for rotation about a first rotational axis in response to rotation of the deflection actuator, at least a first of the puller wires coupled to the pulley arm, wherein rotation of the pulley arm actuates the at least first puller wire; and
a ring actuator mounted on the control handle and adapted for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the control handle, a second of the puller wires being coupled to the ring actuator and rotation of the ring actuator actuates the second puller wire to manipulate the first feature,
wherein the ring actuator and the pulley arm are rotationally independent of each other.
17. An electrophysiological catheter of claim 16, wherein rotation of the ring actuator wraps the second puller wire around the control handle.
18. An electrophysiological catheter of claim 16, wherein the housing has an opening and a proximal portion of the second puller wire extends through the opening and is anchored to the ring actuator.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
I claim:
1. An artificial nail tip, comprising:
A body member having a front portion and a back portion, a first side and a second side, said back portion having a first cutout portion on the first side and a second cutout portion on the second side, said first cutout portion and said second cutout portion defining a wing attachment area, said wing attachment area being relatively thinner than said front portion.
2. The artificial nail tip of claim 1 wherein said back portion has a certain area and a certain length and wherein said first cutout portion and said second cutout portion are of similar dimensions.
3. The artificial nail tip of claim 2 wherein said wing attachment area comprises one-third of the area of the back portion.
4. The artificial nail tip of claim 3 wherein the front portion and back portion are delineated by an edge to abut the nail tip to the wearer’s natural nail.
5. The artificial nail tip of claim 4 wherein the body member has a longitudinal curvature from the back portion to the front portion and an axial curvature from the first side to the second side.