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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
David R. Whittaker, Potomac, MD (US);
Ryan S. Klatte, Fairview Park, OH (US);
Shawn D. Ellis, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Jason T. Mikulski, Bloomington, MN (US);
David R. Whittaker, Potomac, MD (US);
Ryan S. Klatte, Fairview Park, OH (US);
Shawn D. Ellis, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Jason T. Mikulski, Bloomington, MN (US);
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
WINDCREST LLC, Potomac, MD (US);
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A controller () for manually controlling a guidewire () includes a housing () including a passage () for receiving the guidewire. A gripper () is actuatable to grasp the guidewire () in the passage (). A cap () is connected to the housing (). The cap () is rotatable relative to the housing () to actuate the gripper (). The housing () includes an element () for maintaining the cap () in a receiving position. The cap () when in the receiving position places the controller () in a condition for receiving the guidewire ().