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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
John E. Nash, Chester Springs, PA (US);
William T. Fisher, Schwenksville, PA (US);
H. Michael Cunningham, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Gregory Walters, Malvern, PA (US);
John E. Nash, Chester Springs, PA (US);
William T. Fisher, Schwenksville, PA (US);
H. Michael Cunningham, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Gregory Walters, Malvern, PA (US);
Kensey Nash Corporation, Exton, PA (US);
Abstract
A tubular instrument including a hollow wall portion and a connector arranged to be used with a guide-wire. The guide-wire has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the distal end portion of the guide-wire is arranged to be extended to some interior position within the body of a living being, with the proximal end portion of the guide-wire being located outside the being's body. The connector is located at the distal end of the instrument and is arranged to be readily manipulated by a twisting action to connect the instrument onto the guide-wire for sliding movement therealong.