Guidewire And Method For Surgical Procedures
AssigneeSafe Wire Holding, LLC
InventorsWyatt Drake Geist, Arden Allen Geist, SR.
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Abstract
A surgical guide wire or K-wire and method of use are provided. The K-wire, or guide wire, has opposite end portions and a shank portion in between. One end portion has a deformable end portion that, once outside of a confining guide passage, can be deformed to present a projected forward facing area that is larger than the transverse cross section of the K-wire, or guide wire, while in the passage. The increased area will provide increased resistance to additional forward axial movement into the surgical site.
Claims23
A guide wire for use in a surgical procedure, the guide wire comprising:
- a manipulative end, a center shank portion and an operative end, the operative end portion having a first configuration for transfer through a passage and a second configuration when outside a passage, said second configuration presenting a larger projected transverse area than the first configuration, said operative end portion being constructed to provide for substantial recoverable deformation from the second configuration back to the first configuration upon axial movement of the guide wire through a through bore of a surgical device.
A guide wire for use in a surgical procedure, the guide wire comprising:
- a manipulative end, a center shank portion and an operative end, said operative end portion having a first configuration for transfer through a passage and a second configuration when outside said passage, said second configuration presenting a larger projected transverse area than the first configuration, said operative end portion being constructed to provide for substantial recoverable deformation from the second configuration back to the first configuration upon axial movement of the guide wire through a through bore of a surgical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.