Medical device management unit
AssigneeKen Wah Chow
InventorsKen Wah Chow, Kenneth William Chow, Jack Krzyzanowski
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Abstract
The present invention relates to medical device management units and methods of their use. The medical device management units comprise two main pieces, a base piece, and a slide piece, as well as at least one medical device pathway defined by a surface means and a plurality of trenches. The invention may be used to keep two or more medical devices organized or it may be used to maintain control over the capture and release of a single medical device.
Claims23
A medical device management unit comprising a base piece and a slide piece, wherein said base piece comprising 1) a surface means for supporting at least one cables, sutures, catheters, balloons, rods, or guide wires;
- and 2) a plurality of trenches spaced along the length of said surface means, said trenches define at least one pathway;
- wherein said slide piece is operatively slideable over said surface means to secure said at least one cables, sutures, catheters, balloons, rods, or guide wires within said at least one pathway.
A method for managing medical devices comprising:
- a) placing at least one cables, sutures, catheters, balloons, rods or guide wires onto at least one medical device pathway formed by a plurality of trenches spaced along the length of a surface means of a base piece of a medical device management unit;
- b) sliding a slide piece over said surface means;
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- c) securing said at least one cables, sutures, catheters, balloons, rods, or guide wires within said pathway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.