Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

Medtronic Ave, Inc.

John MacNamara

Niall F Duffy

Declan P Costello

Noel Coyle

Gerry Clarke

David Quinn

Patrick Duane

Robert H Murray

Paula McDonnell

Mark Casley

Rodney Bell

Kevin Boyle

Ashish Varma

Richard Gribbons

Kevin Treacy

Ash Varma

Patrick J Carmody

A catheter and guide wire exchange system including a catheter that has a guide wire lumen with a guide way extending along a length of the proximal shaft. A guide member is slidably disposed about the proximal shaft for directing a guide wire into or out of the guide way and the guide wire lumen. A transition section joins the trilumen proximal shaft to a coaxial distal shaft.

Catheter and guide wire exchange system with improved proximal shaft and transition section

A catheter and guide wire exchange system including a catheter having a guide wire lumen with a guide way extending along the length of a stiffened proximal shaft portion, and a guide member slidably disposed about the proximal shaft for directing a guide wire into or out of the guide way and the guide wire lumen. The guide member may be slid along the proximal shaft portion and the guide wire in zipper-like fashion so that the guide wire is contained within the guide wire lumen distal to the guide member and with the guide wire and catheter being separated proximal of the guide member.

Catheter and guide wire exchange system

Growing community of inventors

Galway, Ireland

John MacNamara