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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2002
Applicants:
John C. Oslund, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Patrick P. Russo, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Inventors:
John C. Oslund, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Patrick P. Russo, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
EV3 Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus for use in deploying medical devices. The apparatus includes a wire having a diameter such that the wire can appropriately be used with either a corresponding over-the-wire configured catheter or a rapid-exchange configured catheter. The wire has a location at which it can be easily fractured, when desired, in order to convert the length of the wire from a length for use in an over-the-wire configuration to a rapid-exchange configuration.