Guidewire delivery assist device and system
US5634475A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/09116
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A guidewire delivery assist device including a cylindrical body, having a lumen extending axially therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end thereof, for receiving a guidewire, and an integral grip. The grip includes a plurality of flexible grip members extending longitudinally through at least a portion of the cylindrical body and forming a plurality of internal surface portions defining a portion of the lumen of the cylindrical body. The grip members and interior surface portions are flexibly collapsible in a radial direction of the cylindrical body and a guidewire resident in the lumen of the cylindrical body is frictionally engageable by the internal surface portions.
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