Ex parte AVITALL - Page 15




          Appeal No. 1998-1045                                                        
          Application 08/482,674                                                      


                                      APPENDIX                                        


               38.  A catheter tip control system comprising:                         
               (a) a catheter having a highly flexible, tubular distal                
          catheter section extending from a main catheter tube and                    
          having a central axis, catheter wall and describing a distal                
          catheter lumen and having a flexible distal tip area to be                  
          precisely maneuvered independent of said main catheter, said                
          control system further comprising:                                          
                    (1) a lateral deflection control element for                      
          angularly      displacing said distal tip about said central                
          axis threaded       within the distal catheter lumen and having             
          a distal end anchored to the catheter wall at or near the                   
          distal tip of       the distal catheter section in a manner                 
          such that the       application of rotational torque to the                 
          lateral deflection       control element produces a                         
          corresponding displacement of the       distal tip in a plane               
          substantially parallel to the      direction of the applied                 
          rotational torque when said distal      tip is deflected from a             
          linear disposition; and                                                     
                    (2) means for applying rotational torque to the                   
          lateral deflection control element.                                         












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