Medical probe device and method having a flexible resilient tape

Details Medical probe device and method having a flexible resilient tape Medical probe device and method having a flexible resilient tape

1994-09-30

1996-09-24

Sykes, Angela D.

Surgery

Instruments

Electrical application

606 45, 606 48, 604 22, 607101, A61B 1739

Patent

active

055586732

ABSTRACT:
The device and method of the present invention is a medical probe device which has an elongated guide having a longitudinal axis, and a handle and probe end, the guide defining a port at its probe end. The device also has a flexible, resilient tape stylet, movably mounted relative to said longitudinal guide for movement along the longitudinal axis, having two opposed side portions, a proximal end, a piercing end and a sharpened tip on said piercing end, and a deflector, housed within said longitudinal guide, which deflects said flexible resilient tape stylet through said port. A method of moving a stylet through an elongated guide to an outlet port is also disclosed. A method of manufacturing a flexible resilient tape stylet of the present invention is also disclosed.

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