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US5334185:
End-to-end instrument placement apparatus
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Giesy, Jerry D.; Portland, OR
Hoskins, Matthew W.; Portland, OR
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| Assignee: |
Giesy Consultants, Inc., Portland, OR
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| Published / Filed: |
1994-08-02
/ 1993-10-05
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| Application Number: |
US1993000132118
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61B 17/34;
A61M 25/06;
A61M 25/00;
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IPC-7:
A61M 5/178;
A61M 25/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61B17/34E; A61M25/06;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
604/170.01;
604/533;
Original:
604/164;
604/283;
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| Field of Search: |
604/164,166,171,103,264,280,283
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| Priority Number: |
| 1993-10-05 |
US1993000132118 |
| 1991-06-28 |
US1991000722886 |
| 1992-10-05 |
US1992000957509 |
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| Abstract: |
A surgical apparatus for the placement of an instrument within a body cavity which comprises a placement device including an elongate element with an exposable tissue piercing tip, a first coupling means adjacent to the tip, and means for selectively exposing the tip; and an elongate instrument for placement including a second coupling means adapted to be coupled to the first coupling means to effect an end to end coupling of said device and said instrument whereby said instrument is positioned within said body cavity. Preferably the instrument is a suprapubic instrument for placement within a bladder. A method for placement of a suprapubic instrument is also disclosed. Also shown is a method and apparatus for end-to-end instrument coupling in the context of guidewire instrument placement. End-to-end coupling is accomplished by loop and slot arrangements, a tail and collapsing loop arrangement, and a tail captured between two slidably disposed sleeves.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Cushing, Keith A. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Weiss, John G.;
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| Maintenance Status: |
R3 Reinstated
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| Parent Case: |
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 07/957,509 filed on Oct. 5, 1992 now abandoned which application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending and allowed U.S. application Ser. No. 07/722,886 filed Jun. 28, 1991 by applicants herein and allowed for issuance Oct. 6, 1992 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,152,749.
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE CA DE EP JP
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What is claimed is:
1. An instrument placement system for use in conjunction with a guide wire, the system comprising:
- an elongate instrument to be placed having a slide coupling for mounting slidably upon the guide wire;
- an elongate positioner; and
- an end-to-end coupling mechanism including a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion cooperative to join together in end-to-end relation said instrument to be placed and said positioner, said first coupling portion operative at a proximal end of said instrument to be placed and said second coupling portion operative at distal end of said positioner, said coupling mechanism further including a de-coupling portion operable exclusively at a proximal end of said positioner to release said first and second portions.
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