Introducer and placer of repairs in tubulations

• US 6,872,224 B1
• Filed: 04/26/2000
• Issued: 03/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Luciano José Telxelra Moretra, Pierre Galvagni Silveira, Ricardo Machado Peres
• Original Assignee: Luciano José Telxelra Moretra, Pierre Galvagni Silveira, Ricardo Machado Peres
• Inventors: Silveira, Pierre Galvagni, Peres, Ricardo Machado, Telxelra Moretra, Luciano José
• Primary Examiner(s): Thaler, Michael H.
• Application Number:
  US09/980,742
• Time in Patent Office: 1,798 Days
• Field of Search: 623/1.12, 623/1.11, 623/1.23, 623/2.11, 606/108, 606/109
• US Class Current: 623/1.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/00 Catheters; Hollow probes dilators A61M29/00; peritoneal catheters A61M1/285; tracheal tubes A61M16/04; for drainage A61M27/00; for uterus, vagina or rectum A61M31/00 ; for measuring or testing A61B; materials for catheters A61L29/00

Abstract

INSERTER AND FITTER OF TUBING REPAIR SETS characterized by being a tubular shape mechanical device, rigid or flexible, having a receptacle for housing a tubing repair set(12) also called prosthesis(12) with handles (8)(9) to insert and fit the prosthesis(12) at a target place. Having a nose cone(1) which leads the way to the catheter; a hooking system(5)(11) of the prosthesis(12) with a trigger(10) to loose and place the prosthesis at the target place inside the tubing.

Claims

1. A device for placing a prosthesis into a tubing system comprising:

(a) a nose cone that comprises a truncated conical portion and a base with socket holes;

(b) a prosthesis that comprises a distal end with eyelets and a proximal end;

(c) a trigger;

(d) dragging wires comprising proximal ends attached to the trigger and distal ends that go through the eyelets of the prosthesis and are socked into the socket holes of the nose cone base; and

(e) a sheath that surrounds the prosthesis wherein the dragging wires pull the prosthesis from the sheath.

2. The device as defined in claim 1 wherein the sheath is axially movable with respect to the dragging wires.

3. The device as defined in claim 1 wherein the dragging wires extend axially through an internal lumen of the prosthesis.

4. The device as defined in claim 1 wherein the socket holes are radially allocated in the base of the nose cone and are equal to the number of dragging wires.

5. The device as defined in claim 1 wherein the trigger is a device for removing the dragging wires from the socket holes of the nose cone base and the eyelets of the prosthesis.

6. The device as defined in claim 1 wherein the base of the nose cone has a spherical cap shape.

7. The device as defined in claim 1 further comprising a core shaft that extends through the internal lumen of the prosthesis and the sheath and that comprises a distal end attached to the base of the nose cone and a proximal end that is attached to a handle portion of a spacing tube.

8. The device as defined in claim 7 further comprising a tube that surrounds the core shaft and dragging wires and extends axially through the internal lumen of the prosthesis and the sheath.

9. The device as defined in claim 8 wherein the tube surrounding the core shaft comprises multiple lumens wherein each of the multiple lumens receives one of the dragging wires.

10. A device for placing a prosthesis into a tubing system comprising:

(a) a core shaft comprising a proximal end attached to a handle and a distal end attached to a nose cone wherein the nose cone comprises a truncated conical portion and a spherical cap shaped base with socket holes;

(b) a prosthesis that comprises a distal end with eyelets and a proximal end;

(c) a trigger that is removably attached to the handle of the core shaft;

(d) dragging wires comprising proximal ends attached to the trigger and distal ends that go through the eyelets of the prosthesis and are socked into the socket holes of the nose cone base;

(e) a sheath that surrounds the prosthesis and is axially movable; and

(f) a tube that surrounds the dragging wires and core shaft and extends axially through the lumen of the prosthesis and the sheath wherein the dragging wires pull the prosthesis from the sheath.

11. The device as defined in claim 10 wherein the tube comprises multiple lumens wherein each of the multiple lumens receives one of the dragging wires.