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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2006
J. Daniel Raulerson, Brewton, AL (US);
Timothy M. Schweikert, Levittown, PA (US);
J. Daniel Raulerson, Brewton, AL (US);
Timothy M. Schweikert, Levittown, PA (US);
Medical Components Inc., Harleysville, PA (US);
Abstract
A guide wire advancer () for advancing a guide wire () into a patient and including a body having a longitudinal axis. The body includes a first portion () adapted to allow a user to advance a guide wire along the longitudinal axis using a finger and a thumb, and a second portion () connected to the first portion. The second portion () is adapted to allow a user to advance a guide wire () along the longitudinal axis using only one finger or the thumb to bias the guide wire against a platform () of the second portion when advancing the guide wire (). Multiple methods of advancing a guide wire using the advancer are also disclosed.