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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
John E. Nash, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Gregory Walters, Malvern, PA (US);
Douglas G. Evans, Downingtown, PA (US);
David Szabo, Trappe, PA (US);
Michael Paris, Hatfield, PA (US);
John E. Nash, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Gregory Walters, Malvern, PA (US);
Douglas G. Evans, Downingtown, PA (US);
David Szabo, Trappe, PA (US);
Michael Paris, Hatfield, PA (US);
Kensey Nash Corporation, Exton, PA (US);
Abstract
An attachment tool to facilitate the attachment of one or more catheters or similar elongated instruments to a guide-wire or other elongated guide member, without requiring access to either end of said wire or member. The tool provides repeatable and reliable alignment of components to be attached, while being operated with a single hand. The catheter systems can be used for revascularization or treatment of arteries and lumens within the body, and the associated delivery of therapies therein and can include side attachable and over-the-wire components and/or low profile combination catheters to allow for flush and extraction of debris in small or tortuous anatomic pathways.