Vibrating device for a guide wire
First Claim
1. In a procedure wherein a guide wire or the like is placed through a blood vessel, a vibrating device for facilitating passage of the guide wire through the blood vessel, said vibrating device comprising:
- holding means for releasably holding the guide wire; and
vibrating means coupled to the holding means for vibrating the guide wire such that the guide wire may be held and advanced through the blood vessel.
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Abstract
A hand held vibrating device for vibrating a guide wire used in angioplasty and atherectomy procedures. The vibrating device permits the guide wire to be more easily passed through a stenotic segment of a blood vessel. The vibrating device includes a case, an electric motor mounted within the case, and a clamp member coupled to the electric motor for releasably securing and vibrating the guide wire. In use, the guide wire is threaded through a blood vessel to the site of a stenosis. The guide wire can then be clamped to the vibrating device, which is selectively actuated and manipulated to vibrate and push the guide wire through the stenosis.
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1. In a procedure wherein a guide wire or the like is placed through a blood vessel, a vibrating device for facilitating passage of the guide wire through the blood vessel, said vibrating device comprising:
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holding means for releasably holding the guide wire; and vibrating means coupled to the holding means for vibrating the guide wire such that the guide wire may be held and advanced through the blood vessel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A vibrating device for vibrating a guide wire useful in an angioplasty or atherectomy procedure comprising:
a case sized and shaped to be hand held; a vibrating motor mounted within the case and having an output member; a clamp member slidably attached to the hand held case in contact with the output member of the vibrating motor for releasably holding the guide wire and for vibrating the guide wire; and control means for selectively actuating the vibrating motor. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In an angioplasty or atherectomy procedure wherein a guide wire is introduced into a blood vessel and guided through the blood vessel to a stenosis located in the blood vessel, a vibrating device for vibrating the guide wire such that it may be more easily guided through the stenosis, said vibrating device comprising:
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a case sized and shaped to be hand held; an electric vibrating motor mounted within the case and including an output shaft; a control circuit for operating the vibrating motor mounted within the case and coupled to a power source and to a switch for operating the motor; and a clamp member for releasably holding the guide wire with the clamp member slidably mounted to the case in contact with the output shaft of the vibrating motor for movement by the vibrating motor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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