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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Applicant:
J. Michael Cude, College Grove, TN (US);
Inventor:
J. Michael Cude, College Grove, TN (US);
Assignee:
Coeur, Inc., Lebanon, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/18 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/09041 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); A61F 2/30907 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30919 (2013.01); A61M 25/0152 (2013.01); A61M 25/0905 (2013.01); A61M 2025/015 (2013.01); A61M 2025/091 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09058 (2013.01); B23Q 3/18 (2013.01); B23Q 3/186 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49895 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49897 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49902 (2015.01);
Abstract
A guidewire insertion tool includes a sidewall defining a passageway having a first open end and a second open end and a neck therebetween. The passageway tapers from the first and second open ends to the neck. The sidewall has a slit extending longitudinally along the sidewall. A tab is adjacent one of the first or second open ends for removing the tool from a guidewire through the slit.