Guide wire dispenser apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A storage and dispensing apparatus for a guide wire, said apparatus comprising:
- a wrap of elongate tubing having a bore for receiving an elongate guide wire, a first end, an open second end, adjacent to said second end, said elongate tubing defining a pair of spaced apart apertures opening from said bore radially outwardly on said tubing, and an outer curved surface portion extending along the length dimension of said tubing intermediate of said pair of openings across which a curved portion of the guide wire may extend and be accessible for manual manipulation to advance and retract the guide wire through said open second end; and
a handle attached to said wrap of tubing.
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Abstract
A storage and dispensing apparatus for a springy guide wire used in medical procedures includes a coiled tubular portion defined by elongate tubing with a bore for receiving the guide wire. A ring section includes a tangential portion of the tubing defining an open end from which the guide wire may be dispensed. Adjacent to the tangential portion, the tubing defines a pair of spaced apart openings from which the guide wire respectively exits and reenters the tubing. Intermediate the pair of openings the tubing defines a curved external surface across which the guide wire runs externally of the tubing and is manually accessible for advancing and retracting movements impelled by a user'"'"'s thumb, for example. The guide wire defines a pair of gentle S-shaped bends adjacent to the ends of the externally-exposed curved section, which bends cause the guide wire to engage sufficiently with the storage and dispensing apparatus to resist self-ejection.
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Citations
38 Claims
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1. A storage and dispensing apparatus for a guide wire, said apparatus comprising:
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a wrap of elongate tubing having a bore for receiving an elongate guide wire, a first end, an open second end, adjacent to said second end, said elongate tubing defining a pair of spaced apart apertures opening from said bore radially outwardly on said tubing, and an outer curved surface portion extending along the length dimension of said tubing intermediate of said pair of openings across which a curved portion of the guide wire may extend and be accessible for manual manipulation to advance and retract the guide wire through said open second end; and a handle attached to said wrap of tubing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A storage and dispensing apparatus for a guide wire, said apparatus comprising:
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a coiled tubular part including a spiral wrap of elongate tubing having a bore for receiving an elongate guide wire, said elongate tubing defining a first end, an open second end, and adjacent to said second end said elongate tubing defining a pair of spaced apart apertures opening from said bore radially outwardly on said tubing so that the guide wire may emerge from and reenter said tubing by said pair of apertures, said pair of apertures each being angulated toward the other to provide a respective surface sloping toward the other of said pair of apertures and across which the guide wire may be slidably disposed, between said pair of apertures said elongate tubing defining an outer curved surface portion extending along the length of said elongate tubing and across which a curved portion of the guide wire may extend between a pair of S-shaped bends in the guide wire to be manually accessible for manipulation advancing and retracting the guide wire through said open second end; a combined handle and clip member including a clip portion defining a pair of clip recesses each for receiving a respective wrap of said elongate tubing, said handle and clip member also including at least one portion disposed within said wrap of tubing and defining at least one recess for receiving a finger of a user of said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of providing for storage and manual dispensing of an elongate springy guide wire while inhibiting self-ejecting of the guide wire, said method comprising steps of:
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providing a storage and dispensing apparatus for a guide wire configured as a wrap of elongate tubing having a bore for receiving the elongate guide wire, a first end, and an open second end, defining a pair of spaced apart apertures opening from said bore radially outwardly on said tubing adjacent to said second end, forming an outer curved surface portion on said elongate tubing extending along the length dimension of said tubing intermediate of said pair of openings, and extending the guide wire outwardly of the tubing in a curve across said curved surface portion to be manually accessible, so that the guide wire forms a pair of S-shaped bends between said bore and the curved manually-accessible portion of the guide wire thereby to inhibit self-ejection of the guide wire from the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A storage and dispensing apparatus for a guide wire, said apparatus comprising:
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a wrap of elongate tubing having a bore for receiving an elongate guide wire, a first end, a tangential portion extending from said wrap and terminating at an open second end, adjacent to said tangential portion said elongate tubing defining a pair of spaced apart apertures opening from said bore radially outwardly on said tubing, and an outer curved surface portion extending along the length dimension of said tubing intermediate of said pair of openings across which a curved portion of the guide wire may extend and be accessible for manual manipulation to advance and retract the guide wire through said open second end; and a combined handle and clip member including at least one clip portion defining a recess for receiving a wrap of said elongate tubing, said combined handle and clip member including at least a pair of digit-receiving recess portions disposed one behind the other in tandem within said wrap of tubing, each for receiving a respective finger of a user of said apparatus, wherein each of a forward two of said digit-receiving portions defines a respective one of a pair of clip portions extending radially outwardly therefrom, each one of said pair of clip portions extending radially outwardly from the respective one of said pair of pair of digit-receiving portions in general alignment with the respective index and middle fingers of a user of said apparatus and captively retaining at least one wrap of said tubing.
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32. A storage and dispensing apparatus for a guidewire in combination with a guidewire, the apparatus designed to prevent uncoiling of the guidewire, the combination comprising:
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a wrap of elongate tubing having a bore for receiving an elongate guidewire, a first end, an open second end, and an arcuate exterior surface portion adjacent to the second end and positioned around the wrap of tubing; a guidewire received within the elongate tubing bore and extending substantially from said first end to said second end within the bore except for in the region of the exterior surface portion where the guidewire passes out of the bore and over the exterior surface portion to be accessible for manual manipulation, the elongate tubing including an aperture on either side of the exterior surface portion so that the guidewire forms two S-turns when leaving and re-entering the bore through the apertures to inhibit self-ejection of the guide wire from the elongate tubing. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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Specification