Guide wire torque device
US6533772B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 7, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T279/17299
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A guide wire torque device has an elongate tubular body with interior long axial channel and a rotary clamp wheel for gripping and ungripping a guide wire extending through the channel. The clamp wheel is accommodated within an integral enlargement of the tubular body with a segment of the wheel surface extending through the surface of the enlargement for rotation by a user's thumb in order to grip and ungrip the guide wire for feeding, withdrawing or rotating the wire with respect to a catheter.
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