Apparatus for catheter exchange in vascular dilitation
US5318541A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/0113
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A catheter exchange tool for use in vascular dilitation procedures comprising a tool couplable between a balloon catheter and a balloon guidewire. The tool is operated by a physician to exert a longitudinal force on the balloon catheter and, in response to the exertion of the force on the catheter, simultaneously exert an equal and opposite force on the balloon guidewire.
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