Device for introducing medical instruments into a body
US4475902A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 1982 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/0122
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for introducing medical instruments into hollow organs, canals, or vessels of a human or animal body, has a tip which is provided with an indentation. At least a first nozzle, aimed rearwardly with respect to the tip and connected to an inner chamber of the tip, extends through the wall of the indentation and is connected to a source of pressurized fluid. The pressurized fluid escaping from the nozzle exerts a force on the tip to advance it into the body, and a instrument coupled to the nozzle tip is thereby transported through the body.
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