Surgery – Endoscope – With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore
Patent
1996-04-08
1998-09-15
Flanagan, Beverly M.
Surgery
Endoscope
With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore
600114, 604280, A61B 100
Patent
active
058072365
ABSTRACT:
A catheter comprising an elongated catheter body having a distal end and an elongated flexible guidewire having proximal and distal ends. The guidewire includes a rounded enlargement between the ends of the guidewire. The guidewire is mounted on the catheter body for movement longitudinally relative to the catheter body between a first position in which the rounded enlargement is adjacent the distal end of the catheter body and a second position in which the rounded enlargement is located distally of the position the rounded enlargement occupies in the first position.
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The Wilkerson Group, Inc., An Assessment of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty and Its Impact on Related Cardiovascular Markets.
Bacich Steven R.
Nguyen Tuoc Tan
Flanagan Beverly M.
Imagyn Medical Inc.
Stout Donald E.
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