Guidewire steering handle and method of using same

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1995-05-11

1998-05-26

Hafer, Robert A.

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604905, A61M 5178

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057556954

ABSTRACT:
A steering handle for guiding a medical guidewire and a catheter through a patient's vessels to a treatment site and a method of using the steering handle. The steering handle may be selectively converted to guide the guidewire and catheter either independently or together as a fixed unit. Additionally, a shaping device may be provided on the steering handle which a physician may use to shape a distal segment of the guidewire into a desired shape with ease and accuracy.

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