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US 2004/0176792 A1Published application
Device and method for advancing a wire
OwnerDavid Rottinventor
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Abstract
A device for advancing a wire intravascularly including a wire advancement device (WAD) adapted to hold a wire to be advanced, while the WAD is advancing wire-over-wire over a guidewire already in place and a method for advancing a wire including holding the wire in a wire advancing device, and advancing the wire advancing device by wire-over-wire advancement over a guidewire already in place.
Claims19
A device for advancing a wire intravascularly, the device comprising:
- a wire advancement device (WAD) adapted to hold a wire to be advanced, while the WAD is advancing wire-over-wire over a guidewire already in place.
A device for advancing a wire, the device comprising:
- a flexible rod defining two barrels along at least a portion of its length;
- one barrel arranged to hold and advance a wire,
- the second barrel arranged for wire-over-wire advancement over a guidewire already in place.
A method for advancing a wire, the method comprising:
- holding the wire in a wire advancing device;
- and
- advancing said wire advancing device by wire-over-wire advancement over a guidewire already in place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.