Catheter with guidewire and rounded enlargement and method

Surgery – Endoscope – With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore

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600114, 604280, A61B 100

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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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