Catheter advancing assembly having a stylet including a shaft, and a catheter advancing piece including a rod having a bore therethrough. The bore of the rod accommodates a portion of the shaft of the stylet. A holding unit affixed to the proximal end of the shaft, to be used in conjunction with a grasping unit affixed to the rod, allows for the holding and manipulation of the catheter advancing assembly with only one hand. A method for making a catheter advancing assembly of the invention is disclosed, as well as a method for advancing a ventricular catheter within a ventricular catheter in a "soft" manner using only one hand.
Patent
Catheter advancing single-handed soft passer
United States Patent and Trademark Office
03/06/2001
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Catheter advancing single-handed soft passer
- Creators
- Matthew A Howard III (Inventor)Charles Garrell (Inventor)Patrick Hitchon (Inventor)Christopher Loftus (Inventor)
- Contributors
- University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, IA, US) (Assignee)
- Resource Type
- Patent
- Publisher
- United States Patent and Trademark Office; United States
- Patent
- US Patent 6,197,003; Published; 08/911,907; 08/15/1997; 604/164.12; 604/164.01
- Number of pages
- 13 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/06/2001
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; UI Research Foundation; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9983762076402771
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