Y-adapter with a sideport radius
First Claim
1. A Y-adapter for an angioplasty procedure comprising,a main body having proximal and distal extremities,said main body having a straight passageway formed along a longitudinal axis that extends from the proximal to the distal end thereof,said main body having an arcuate branch passageway generated along a circular arc that is substantially tangent to said longitudinal axis and extends from the proximal toward the distal end thereof such that said arcuate branch passageway smoothly merges into said straight passageway.
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Abstract
An improved Y-adapter in which the lumen extending through the side arm is formed along the arc of a circle and smoothly merges into the lumen extending through the central arm, such that a catheter or guide wire can be smoothly inserted through the side arm of the Y-adapter into the central arm and then twisted and manipulated without distortion.
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13 Claims
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1. A Y-adapter for an angioplasty procedure comprising,
a main body having proximal and distal extremities, said main body having a straight passageway formed along a longitudinal axis that extends from the proximal to the distal end thereof, said main body having an arcuate branch passageway generated along a circular arc that is substantially tangent to said longitudinal axis and extends from the proximal toward the distal end thereof such that said arcuate branch passageway smoothly merges into said straight passageway.
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