Guide wire dispenser apparatus and method

A storage and dispensing apparatus for a guide wire, said apparatus comprising:

• a coiled tubular part including a spiral wrap of elongate tubing having a bore for receiving an elongate guide wire, said elongate tubing defining a first end, an open second end, and adjacent to said second end said elongate tubing defining a pair of spaced apart apertures opening from said bore radially outwardly on said tubing so that the guide wire may emerge from and reenter said tubing by said pair of apertures, said pair of apertures each being angulated toward the other to provide a respective surface sloping toward the other of said pair of apertures and across which the guide wire may be slidably disposed, between said pair of apertures said elongate tubing defining an outer curved surface portion extending along the length of said elongate tubing and across which a curved portion of the guide wire may extend between a pair of S-shaped bends in the guide wire to be manually accessible for manipulation advancing and retracting the guide wire through said open second end;
• a combined handle and clip member including a clip portion defining a pair of clip recesses each for receiving a respective wrap of said elongate tubing, said handle and clip member also including at least one portion disposed within said wrap of tubing and defining at least one recess for receiving a finger of a user of said apparatus.

A storage and dispensing apparatus for a guide wire, said apparatus comprising:

• a wrap of elongate tubing having a bore for receiving an elongate guide wire, a first end, a tangential portion extending from said wrap and terminating at an open second end, adjacent to said tangential portion said elongate tubing defining a pair of spaced apart apertures opening from said bore radially outwardly on said tubing, and an outer curved surface portion extending along the length dimension of said tubing intermediate of said pair of openings across which a curved portion of the guide wire may extend and be accessible for manual manipulation to advance and retract the guide wire through said open second end;
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• a combined handle and clip member including at least one clip portion defining a recess for receiving a wrap of said elongate tubing, said combined handle and clip member including at least a pair of digit-receiving recess portions disposed one behind the other in tandem within said wrap of tubing, each for receiving a respective finger of a user of said apparatus, wherein each of a forward two of said digit-receiving portions defines a respective one of a pair of clip portions extending radially outwardly therefrom, each one of said pair of clip portions extending radially outwardly from the respective one of said pair of pair of digit-receiving portions in general alignment with the respective index and middle fingers of a user of said apparatus and captively retaining at least one wrap of said tubing.