Guidewire extension wire and connector assembly

Details Guidewire extension wire and connector assembly Guidewire extension wire and connector assembly

1994-06-27

1995-08-15

Rimell, Sam

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128657, A61B 1700

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054410550

ABSTRACT:
The guidewire extension wire and connector assembly comprises: a guidewire extension wire having a distal end portion including, extending toward a distal end of the guidewire extension wire, a break-away neck, a reduced-in-diameter stub section and a larger-in-diameter distal stub end; an inner sleeve having an inner end fixed to the guidewire extension wire proximally of the break-away neck and an outer end extending to the larger-in-diameter distal stub end; an outer sleeve having an inner end thereof fixed to the larger-in-diameter distal stub end; and, a fixing mechanism within an outer end of the outer sleeve adapted to engage a generally cylindrical reduced-in-diameter proximal stub end of an initially inserted guidewire.

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