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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Juan Carlos Ayala, Santiago, CL;
Stephen E. Deal, Charlotte, NC (US);
Charles Agnew, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Gregory J. Skerven, Kernersville, NC (US);
Juan Carlos Ayala, Santiago, CL;
Stephen E. Deal, Charlotte, NC (US);
Charles Agnew, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Gregory J. Skerven, Kernersville, NC (US);
Cook Medical Technologies, LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for introducing a first elongate medical device and short wire guide that are coupled together into a work site and remotely disconnecting them within the work site such that a secondary device comprising a catheter member can be introduced over the wire guide to the work site, and/or a second wire guide can be introduced to the work site via a passageway of the primary access device. A separating member may be provided to remotely separate the wire guide from the elongate medical device.