Dispenser for surgical guidewire
AssigneeEMS Medical Group Ltd., Unit 3
InventorHarold J. Pearce
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Abstract
A dispenser for surgical wire has a housing with a cover, the housing having a spirally formed channel therein for receiving guidewire. The housing and cover form an integral cassette. The cassette has an inlet connector through which sterilizing fluid may be injected into the channel and an output port through which the guidewire may be uncoiled from the cassette. A web of the housing is shaped to provide a means of securing a J-shaped tip of the guidewire during transportation so that it does not become unwound inside the cassette.
Claims21
A dispenser for surgical guide wire including a generally circular housing with a cover therefor, said housing and cover forming a cassette, said housing having a spirally formed channel therein for accommodating said guide wire, an outlet aperture of said cassette disposed substantially tangentially to the housing, from which aperture said guide wire may be uncoiled, a tubular member releasably fixed to said outlet aperture and protruding therefrom, an axial passage in said tubular member enabling said guide wire to be transportable therethrough, and said tubular member being manually removable from said cassette.
A dispenser for surgical guidewire including a generally circular housing with a cover therefor, said housing and cover together forming a cassette, said housing having a spirally formed channel therein for accommodating said guide wire, an outlet aperture of said cassette disposed substantially tangentially to the housing, from which aperture said guide wire may be uncoiled, and a securement means for preventing the guide wire, provided in use, from being pushed into the cassette, said securement means comprising a hinged member hinged to said housing and which is movable between a first position arranged to underlie an end of said guide wire having a J-shaped tip, and another position in which said hinged member is hinged clear of said J-shaped tip.
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