Safety apparatus
AssigneesVenner Medical Technologies SA, Maryanne Mariyaselvam, Peter Jeffrey Young
InventorPeter Jeffrey Young
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Abstract
A safety apparatus for use in a procedure comprises at least first and second devices, wherein the first device and second device are for use in a medical procedure, the apparatus comprising a disabling mechanism that is adapted to releasably retain and thereby prevent use of the said second device until release by a release procedure using the first device. A method of carrying out a procedure comprises the steps of using the first device, applying the first device to a disabling mechanism to release the second device, and using the second device.
Claims15
A safety apparatus comprising:
- a locking mechanism,
- a disabling mechanism releasably retaining a second device, and preventing use of the second device until release by a first device,
- wherein the first device is a guide wire, and
- wherein the disabling mechanism defines a channel, wherein the length of the channel is loop or arch shaped and said channel is configured to accommodate and retain the guidewire, wherein the channel comprises a first aperture for the guide wire to enter the channel and a second aperture for the guide wire to exit the channel, and
- wherein the disabling mechanism is adapted to receive and substantially enclose the guide wire through the first and second apertures prior to the locking mechanism being actuated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.