Vibrating device for a guide wire
US5243997A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/09041
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A hand held vibrating device for vibrating a guide wire used in angioplasty and atherectomy procedures. The vibrating device permits the guide wire to be more easily passed through a stenotic segment of a blood vessel. The vibrating device includes a case, an electric motor mounted within the case, and a clamp member coupled to the electric motor for releasably securing and vibrating the guide wire. In use, the guide wire is threaded through a blood vessel to the site of a stenosis. The guide wire can then be clamped to the vibrating device, which is selectively actuated and manipulated to vibrate and push the guide wire through the stenosis.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.