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Guide wire with releasable barb anchor

US5871501A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1998
Grant dateFeb 16, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2025/09175
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An insertion guide wire with an anchor formed in the distal end for precisely locating a subcutaneous arterial wound and guiding a plug of hemostatic material thereto. When the hemostatic material is properly placed, the anchor can be released and the guide wire removed, leaving no foreign object in the lumen of the artery.

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