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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1997
Damond C Holsinger, Pocatello, ID (US);
Edward B Madsen, Riverton, UT (US);
Ballard Medical Products, Draper, UT (US);
Abstract
An extension regulator for catheter carried medical instruments which extend from the distal end of the catheter or a point adjacent thereto, includes a regulator which is disposed on a hand-held deployment mechanism used to extend and retract the medical instrument. The deployment mechanism includes a body, and a sliding member which is attached to the connector and which slides along the body between a first position, wherein the medical instrument is retracted, and a second position wherein the medical instrument is fully extended. The regulator limits movement of the sliding member toward the second position to thereby limit extension of the medical instrument from the catheter.