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Stylet unit for stiffening a hollow, flexible, elongated component

  • US 5,807,339 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1996
  • Issued: 09/15/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stylet unit and component combination comprising:

  • a flexible, tubular stylet shell having an internal longitudinal channel therein;

    an internal stylet having a pre-curved distal end section, said internal stylet being slideable within said channel between a retracted position wherein said distal end section is completely contained within said shell and a deployed position wherein said distal end section projects from said shell, said distal end section having a radius of curvature on a first side of said stylet and said stylet having a pre-shaped stylet section preceding said distal end section having a curve with a radius of curvature disposed on an opposite side of said stylet from said first side; and

    a hollow, flexible elongated component having a first end section into which the stylet unit is removably introducible for stiffening the component and to bend a second end section of the component, opposite said first end section.

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