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Intravascular insertion apparatus and method

  • US 4,464,171 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1982
  • Issued: 08/07/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An intravascular insertion apparatus, comprising:

  • a suppport body including a syringe having a needle associated therewith, said needle having a passageway defined therethrough and said needle being slidably disposable within a catheter;

    an elongated guide member slidably disposed in said passageway, said guide member having a first end disposed within said syringe externally of said passageway and having a second end disposed for being movable from a first locus within said passageway to a second locus externally of both said passageway and syringe; and

    movement means, associated with said syringe and responsive to finger action of a hand maintaining a continuous hold on said syringe, for moving said guide member between said first and second loci independently of movement of the catheter when said needle is slidably disposed in the catheter.

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