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US 7,008,382 B2Granted
Medical instrument
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsLeland Ray Adams, Frederick Timothy Karl, Hanspeter Robert Bayer, Terence Clifford Johnson
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Abstract
A medical instrument includes a housing, a stylet having a portion in the housing, a cannula coaxially receiving the stylet and having a portion in the housing, and a member slidably coupled to the housing. The stylet and the cannula are movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The member is configured with primary and secondary bars to move the stylet and the cannula from their extended positions to their retracted positions.
Claims19
A medical instrument, comprising:
- a housing;
- a stylet having a portion in the housing, the stylet being movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- a cannula coaxially receiving the stylet and having a portion in the housing, the cannula being movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- and
- a single member slidably coupled to a surface of the housing that actuates both the cannula and the stylet, the member configured to move sequentially the cannula from the extended position to the retracted position, and the stylet from the extended position to the retracted position.
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A medical instrument, comprising:
- a housing;
- a stylet having a portion in the housing, the stylet being movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- a cannula coaxially receiving the stylet and having a portion in the housing, the cannula being movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- a single member slidably coupled to a surface of the housing that actuates both the cannula and the stylet, the member configured to move sequentially the cannula from the extended position to the retracted position, and the stylet from the extended position to the retracted position;
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- an indicator associated with the housing, wherein the indicator provides a visual indication of the position of the stylet.
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A medical instrument, comprising:
- a housing;
- a stylet having a portion in the housing, the stylet being movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- a cannula coaxially receiving the stylet and having a portion in the housing, the cannula being movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- and
- a single member slidably coupled to a surface of the housing that actuates both the cannula and the stylet, the member configured to move the cannula from the extended position to the retracted position and, dining a separate engagement by a user, to move the stylet from the extended position to the retracted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.