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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2004
Matthew P. Carter, Dobson, NC (US);
Frederick B. Haller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Kenneth C. Kennedy, Ii, Clemmons, NC (US);
Brian K. Rucker, King, NC (US);
Stephen E. Deal, Charlotte, NC (US);
Juan Carlos Ayala, Santiago, CL;
Matthew P. Carter, Dobson, NC (US);
Frederick B. Haller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Kenneth C. Kennedy, II, Clemmons, NC (US);
Brian K. Rucker, King, NC (US);
Stephen E. Deal, Charlotte, NC (US);
Juan Carlos Ayala, Santiago, CL;
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for releasably securing a wire guide to an elongate medical device for introduction into a work site with the bodily lumen of a patient. An elongate engagement member is configured to engage the wire guide while it is coupled to the elongate medical device and is configured so as to prevent relative movement between the wire guide and the elongate medical device.