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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applied Medical Technology, Inc., Brecksville, OH (US);
George J. Picha, Brecksville, OH (US);
APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Brecksville, OH (US);
Abstract
An illuminating bridle catheter installation system includes a flexible member having a leading end and a trailing end with a first magnet coupled to the leading end of the flexible member, and a retrieving member having a leading end and a trailing end with two non-contacting second magnets coupled to the leading end of the retrieving member. An illuminating member is coupled to one of the flexible member or the retrieving member and the illuminating member is coupled to an electronic circuit having a switch that allows the illuminating member to be illuminated when the first magnet meets the second magnets.