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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Coraflo Ltd., Lausanne, CH;
Inventor:
Ludwig K. von Segesser, Lausanne, CH;
Assignee:
Coraflo Ltd., Lausanne, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61M 25/0905 (2013.01); A61M 25/09025 (2013.01); A61M 25/09041 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0046 (2013.01); A61M 2025/015 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0293 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09008 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09083 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09125 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09183 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steerable guide wire and/or a catheter device and associated method. The device includes a guide wire having a distal end, a hollow interior, and an anchoring mechanism positioned proximate to the distal end of the guide wire. The device further includes a core wire is slidably inserted into the hollow interior of the guide wire. Upon insertion, the core wire actuates the anchoring mechanism to anchor the guide wire at an anchoring location.