Cook Medical Technologies LLC

Douglas E McLaren

Matthew P Carter

Maximiliano Soetermans

An improved wire guide and method for cannulating a bodily lumen, such the biliary tree are provided for procedures such as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ECRP). The wire guide and cannulation method minimizes the potential for trauma to the ducts while reducing the chances of disconnecting the wire guide from newer access devices. Generally, the wire guide includes an atraumatic tassel tip which is operable between delivery and deployed configurations.

Tassel tip wire guide

A medical device is provided including a catheter shaft having a lumen extending therethrough with a splittable wall portion along a side of the lumen, and a tube that extends through at least a portion of the lumen and is configured to provide a patent path of fluid communication.

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Rancho Murieta, CA, United States of America

Douglas E McLaren