CLEAR CATHETER SYSTEMS, LLC;THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
发明人:
BOYLE, EDWARD M., JR.,DALE, NATHAN J.,LEONARD, PAUL C.,GILLINOV, ALAN MARC,KIDERMAN, SAM,COHN, WILLIAM E.
申请号：
CA2712438
公开号：
CA2712438C
申请日:
2009.01.26
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A device for clearing obstructions from a medical tube, such as a chest tube,is disclosed in various embodiments.the device features a shuttle member that is magnetically coupled to a guidewire within a guide tube, through the guide-tubewall, so that translation of the shuttle member induces a correspondingtranslation of the guide wire within the guide tube, withoutpenetrating or comprising the guide-tube wall. In this manner, when the guidetube is coupled to a medical tube where obstructionshave formed, the guide wire and clearance member may be inserted into andwithdrawn from the medical tube, via actuationof the shuttle member, to engage and help clear such obstructions from themedical tube without compromising the sterile field.Methods of clearing a medical tube of obstructions are also disclosed.
