Extendable guidewire assembly

Details Extendable guidewire assembly Extendable guidewire assembly

1991-04-19

1992-05-05

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128657, 403223, A61B 500

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active

051098679

ABSTRACT:
An extendable guidewire assembly comprising: a guidewire whose proximal end carries a first axial interlocking member; and extension wire whose distal end carries (i) a second axial interlocking member that is adapted to overlap and axially interlock with the first member and (ii) a retractable sleeve that is retracted to permit the interlocking members to be interlocked and extended to enclose the interlocked members to maintain their interlocked relationship.

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