Catheter accessory devices and methods of use
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsTracee E.J. Eidenschink, Richard C. Mattison
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Abstract
A wire station is disclosed for securing and managing multiple wire members used in a catheter system. The wire management system includes means for securing the proximal portion of two wire members in a spatially separate arrangement. The wire station of the present invention additionally provides a physician with the flexibility of either directly attaching the wire station of the present invention to the catheter system directly, or positioning the wire station at a remote location.
Claims27
A wire station for medical procedures, the wire station comprising:
- at least one wire management system that separates at least two wire members disposed upon the wire station, the wire management system having a first and a second position, the first position permitting the insertion and extraction of a wire member disposed therein, the second position restraining movement of the wire member;
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- a base platform having a top planar surface and a bottom planar surface, wherein the at least one wire management system is disposed on the top planar surface.
A catheter system comprising:
- a catheter having a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen extending the length therein;
- at least two wire members disposed in at least one lumen and extending from the proximal end of the catheter;
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- a wire station having at least one wire management system that reversibly secures the at least two wire members to the wire station.
A method for restraining the movement of two or more wire members in a catheter system, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a wire station having at least one wire management system that reversibly secures the at least two wire members in a spatially separated arrangement to the wire station;
- placing said wire station in proximity to a catheter system which is disposed in a patient with the two or more wire members extending proximally from the catheter system;
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- reversibly securing the two or more wire members in spatially separated arrangement with the wire management system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.