Guidewire manipulation device
AssigneeVesatek, LLC
InventorsAaron Rollins, Tor Alden
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Abstract
One preferred embodiment includes a guidewire manipulation device for manipulating a guidewire during a procedure. Preferably, the guidewire manipulation device includes a powered motor that drives a tandem roller assembly. The guidewire is passed through a hole positioned lengthwise through the device where the roller assembly engages the guidewire's outer surface. The interface of the manipulation device includes a power button that directs the internal roller assembly to roll the guidewire in a desired rotational direction. Additional interface controls are also preferable to provide a different roll patterns, depending upon surgeon preference and guidewire placement efficiency.
Claims23
A guidewire manipulation device comprising:
- a housing sized to be held in a hand of a user, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end;
- a rotator rotationally disposed within the housing and configured to rotate an elongate member;
- a lock carried by the rotator, the lock having a locked mode whereby the rotator is rotationally coupled to the elongate member and an unlocked mode whereby the rotator is not rotationally coupled to the elongate member, the lock in its locked mode configured to transfer rotational movement of the rotator with respect to the housing to rotational movement of the elongate member with respect to the housing while also preventing longitudinal movement of the elongate member with respect to the housing;
- a drive system carried by the housing and configured to drive rotation of the rotator with respect to the housing in a clockwise direction and in a counter-clockwise direction;
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- a circuit coupled to the drive system and configured to execute one or more preprogrammed rotation patterns by the drive system causing at least a first motion of the rotator in the clockwise direction and a second motion of the rotator in the counter-clockwise direction.
A guidewire manipulation device comprising:
- a housing sized to be held in a hand of a user, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end;
- a rotator rotationally disposed within the housing and configured to rotate an elongate member;
- a lock carried by the rotator, the lock having a locked mode whereby the rotator is rotationally coupled to the elongate member and an unlocked mode whereby the rotator is not rotationally coupled to the elongate member, the lock in its locked mode configured to transfer rotational movement of the rotator with respect to the housing to rotational movement of the elongate member with respect to the housing while also preventing longitudinal movement of the elongate member with respect to the housing;
- a drive system carried by the housing and configured to drive rotation of the rotator with respect to the housing in a clockwise direction and in a counter-clockwise direction;
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- one or more preprogrammed rotation patterns configured to be executed by a processor, the one or more preprogrammed rotation patterns configured to operate the drive system to cause at least a first motion of the rotator in the clockwise direction and a second motion of the rotator in the counter-clockwise direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.