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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2007
Applicant:
Mark V. Vandewalle, Pierceton, IN (US);
Inventor:
Mark V. Vandewalle, Pierceton, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cannulated medical instrument for insertion of a medical device over a guide wire generally includes a cannulated driver member configured to engage the medical device and insert the medical device at an insertion rate. A clasping device connects to the cannulated driver member. The clasping device moves the guide wire distally away from the cannulated driver member at an extraction rate upon rotation of the cannulated driver member.