A robotic medical system for automated endoluminal procedures; A robotic medical system for advancing and navigating of medical instruments in endoluminal medical procedures; A robotic medical system for advancement, navigation and placement of guidewires and/or catheters in endoluminal medical procedures; A robotic medical system for advancement, navigation and placement of guidewires and/or catheters in endovascular procedures, namely, coronary, peripheral and cerebral endovascular procedures, gastro-intestinal procedures, urinary tract procedures, respiratory tract procedures and vaginal procedures; A robotic medical system for advancement, navigation and placement of guidewires and/or catheters in venous procedures; A robotic medical system for advancement, navigation and placement of guidewires and/or catheters in lymphatic systems; Robotically controlled drive mechanism for use in endoluminal medical procedures; A medical device, namely, a remote manipulation system consisting of a robotic device, to facilitate remote advancement, navigation and placement of medical instruments in endoluminal medical procedures; A medical device, namely, a tele-robotic system consisting of a motorized advancement and navigation device having rotational and translational movement capabilities to facilitate remote advancement, navigation and placement of medical instruments, namely, guidewires and/or catheters and/or embolic materials, namely, coils, beads,glue; A medical device, namely, a tele-robotic system consisting of a motorized advancement and navigation device having distal end manipulation capabilities to facilitate remote manipulation of medical instruments, namely, guidewires and/or catheters, including deployment, deflection, stiffness change; Workstations comprising control consoles, joysticks, and/or wireless controllers, used to remotely control a robotic medical device in endoluminal medical procedures; A robotic image-guided medical system for advancement, navigation and placement of medical instruments in endoluminal medical procedures; Bedside robotic medical system for advancement, navigation and placement of medical instruments in endoluminal medical procedures; Body-mountable robotic medical system for advancement, navigation and placement of medical instruments in endoluminal medical procedures; Guidewires for medical use; Guidewires for use in interventional cardiology, radiology, neurology and vascular surgical procedures; Guidewires having selectively adjustable stiffness, for medical use; Guidewires having selectively adjustable tip curvature, for medical use; Guidewires having telescoping arrangement, for medical use; Guidewires for use in the cardiovascular system; Guidewires having maneuverability in the cardiovascular system; Guidewire systems having a tip for penetrating a lesion in coronary vessels; Double concentric guidewires for use in interventional cardiology, radiology, neurology and vascular surgical procedures; Self-cleaning catheter systems for fluid delivery, drainage, and passage, for medical use; Self-cleaning catheter systems for fluid delivery, drainage, and passage for use in body cavities; Implantable catheters, shunts, and delivery ports, for use in fluid delivery, drainage, and passage; Implantable catheters, namely, ventricular catheters for draining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); External ventricular drainage (EVD) catheters; Urinary catheters; Delivery ports for medical use, for example, for chemotherapy; Implantable, self-cleaning catheter systems for self-activation on receipt of a signal, for example, a signal indicative of occlusion in the catheter system; Catheter system including an implantable catheter for implantation in a body cavity and an implantable micro-controller