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US 6,746,466 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for managing multiple guidewires
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsTracee E. J. Eidenschink, Richard C. Mattison
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Abstract
A wire station is disclosed for securing and managing multiple wire members used in a catheter system. The wire management system includes a station for securing the proximal portion of two wire members in a spatially separate arrangement. The wire station additionally provides a physician with the flexibility of either directly attaching the wire station to the catheter system directly, or positioning the wire station at a remote location.
Claims14
A wire station for medical procedures, the wire station comprising:
- at least one wire management system that separates at least two guidewire members disposed upon the wire station, the wire management system engaged to a catheter, the wire management system having a first and a second position, in the first position each guidewire member being moveable along a single axis, in the second position at least one of the at least two guidewire members being fixedly engaged to the wire management system;
- and a base platform having a top planar surface and a bottom planar surface, wherein the at least one wire management system is disposed on the top planar surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.