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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
Applicant:
Joshua Schmitt, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Joshua Schmitt, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 3/16 (2006.01); B23B 7/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); B23P 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A removable guidewire funnel tool aids in backloading a catheter onto a guidewire. The guidewire funnel tool includes a pliable loading coupler having a lumen therethrough. The lumen has a tapered distal section that serves to receive a guidewire and a tapered proximal section that receives and couples with a correspondingly tapered distal tip of the catheter. The guidewire funnel tool has a longitudinal slot or area of weakness along the entire length of the loading coupler and a grip tab to enable easy removal of the guidewire funnel tool after the guidewire lumen of the catheter is loading with the guidewire.