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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
David M. Hardin, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John A. Karpiel, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
David M. Hardin, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John A. Karpiel, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A medical sphincterotome and a method of its use are described. The sphincterotome has structural elements that are capable of directing a wire guide through a selected body passageway. One structural element includes a distal port and deflection member that can deflect the wire guide into the desired passageway. Another structural element includes an offset nose-shaped end that can bend towards a passageway desired to be blocked. The wire guide is prevented from entering the blocked passageway, thereby enabling the wire guide to cannulate the desired passageway. The sphincterotome also includes a cutting wire to access a patient's sphincter and perform various other medical procedures.