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US 2024/0188801 A1Published application
Diagnostic instrument and a medical device assembly including the same
AssigneePrisma Health
InventorsDaniel LoVerde, Essam Z. Namouz
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Abstract
A diagnostic instrument is provided, including a proximal end; a penetrating component; and an attachment assembly positioned between the proximal end and the penetrating component to allow for separation of the proximal end from the penetrating component without fully retracting the penetrating component from a body of a patient during use of the diagnostic instrument.
Claims20
A diagnostic instrument comprising:
- a proximal end;
- a penetrating component;
- and
- an attachment assembly positioned between the proximal end and the penetrating component to allow for separation of the proximal end from the penetrating component without fully retracting the penetrating component from a body of a patient during use of the diagnostic instrument.
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A method of operating a diagnostic instrument, the method comprising:
- inserting a penetrating component into a body of a patient;
- detaching a proximal end of the diagnostic instrument from the penetrating component at an attachment assembly of the diagnostic instrument while the penetrating component remains inserted into the body of the patient;
- and
- reattaching a proximal end of the diagnostic instrument to the penetrating component at the attachment assembly of the diagnostic instrument while the penetrating component remains inserted into the body of the patient.
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A medical device assembly comprising:
- a secondary device having a tube;
- and
- a diagnostic instrument comprising:
- a proximal end;
- a penetrating component, the penetrating component extending at least partially through the tube of the secondary device;
- and
- an attachment assembly positioned between the proximal end and the penetrating component to allow for separation of the proximal end from the penetrating component without fully retracting the penetrating component from a body of a patient during use of the diagnostic instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.