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Apparatus and method for capturing a wire in a blood vessel

Assignee: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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Filing: 2001-12-20
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Granted: 2004-01-27
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Expires: 2021-12-20
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Abstract

Abstract An apparatus ( 600 ) for capturing a wire within a lumen of a blood vessel comprises a tube ( 602 ) having a proximal end ( 604 ) and a distal end ( 606 ). The distal end ( 606 ) of the tube ( 602 ) is adapted for placement within a lumen of a blood vessel. A wire loop ( 632 ) extends from the distal end ( 606 ) of the tube ( 602 ), the wire loop ( 632 ) has a substantially cardioidal shape. The apparatus ( 600 ) further includes means ( 614 ) for constricting the wire loop ( 632 ).

Inventors

  • 👤 Kenneth Ouriel
  • 👤 Daniel G. Clair

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 01:54
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/07; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/22; A61B17/221; A61B17/32; A61B17/3205; A61B17/32056; A61F2/95; A61F2/954; A61B17/04; A61B17/0469; A61F2/82; A61F2/848; A61F2/86; A61F2/89; A61F2/962; A61F2/966; A61F2002/061; A61F2002/065; A61F2002/067; A61F2002/072; A61F2002/075; A61F2002/8486; A61F2002/9505; A61F2002/9511; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0008; A61F2220/0016; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/005; A61F2220/0075; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0028; A61F2230/005; A61F2230/0054; A61F2230/0063; A61F2230/0067

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim 125 words
An apparatus for capturing a wire within a lumen of a blood vessel, said apparatus comprising: a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said distal end of said tube adapted for placement within the lumen of a blood vessel; a wire loop extending from said distal end of said tube, said wire loop having a substantially cardioidal shape formed by a first curved portion, a second curved portion, and a cusp portion, said first curved portion and said second curved portion intersecting to form said cusp portion, said cusp portion of said wire loop for collecting and positioning other guide wires present within said blood vessel away from a desired location in said blood vessel; and means for constricting said wire loop.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 125 words
An apparatus for capturing a wire within a lumen of a blood vessel, said apparatus comprising: a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said distal end of said tube adapted for placement within the lumen of a blood vessel; a wire loop extending from said distal end of said tube, said wire loop having a substantially cardioidal shape formed by a first curved portion, a second curved portion, and a cusp portion, said first curved portion and said second curved portion intersecting to form said cusp portion, said cusp portion of said wire loop for collecting and positioning other guide wires present within said blood vessel away from a desired location in said blood vessel; and means for constricting said wire loop.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said wire loop is constricted by withdrawing said wire loop into said distal end of said tube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 33 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said wire loop is connected to a control wire that extends through said tube, said control wire being retracted within said tube to constrict said wire loop.
Claim 5
Independent Claim 187 words
A method of capturing a guide wire within a lumen of a blood vessel, said method comprising the steps of: providing a snare instrument, said snare instrument including a tube and a snare wire, said tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said snare wire extending within said tube and capable of being extended from said distal end of said tube to form a wire loop having a first curved portion, a second curved portion and a cusp portion; advancing said snare instrument through said lumen of said blood vessel; extending said snare wire from said distal end of said tube within said blood vessel so that said snare wire forms said wire loop with said first curved portion, said second curved portion, and said cusp portion; collecting and positioning other wires present in said blood vessel with said cusp portion of said wire loop; inserting an end of said guide wire through said wire loop; constricting said wire loop to capture said end of said guide wire; and withdrawing said snare instrument with the captured end of said guide wire from said blood vessel.
Claim 6
Independent Claim 187 words
A method of capturing a guide wire within a lumen of a blood vessel, said method comprising the steps of: providing a snare instrument, said snare instrument including a tube and a snare wire, said tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said snare wire extending within said tube and capable of being extended from said distal end of said tube to form a wire loop having a first curved portion, a second curved portion and a cusp portion; advancing said snare instrument through said lumen of said blood vessel; extending said snare wire from said distal end of said tube within said blood vessel so that said snare wire forms said wire loop with said first curved portion, said second curved portion, and said cusp portion; collecting and positioning other wires present in said blood vessel with said cusp portion of said wire loop; inserting an end of said guide wire through said wire loop; constricting said wire loop to capture said end of said guide wire; and withdrawing said snare instrument with the captured end of said guide wire from said blood vessel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 15 words
The method of claim 4 , wherein said wire loop has a substantially cardioidal shape.
Claim 8
Independent Claim 280 words
A method of intraluminally transferring a guide wire from a first branch artery of the aorta to a second branch artery of the aorta, said method comprising the steps of: positioning a guide wire having a proximal end and a distal end in a first branch artery of the aorta, said distal end of said guide wire extending from said first branch artery into said aorta, said proximal end of said guide wire extending through said first branch artery; advancing a snare instrument through a second branch artery of said aorta to said aorta, said snare instrument including a tube and a snare wire, said tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said snare wire extending within said tube and capable of being extended from said distal end of said tube to form a wire loop having a first curved portion, a second curved portion and a cusp portion; extending said snare wire from said distal end of said tube within said aorta so that said snare wire forms said wire loop with said first curved portion, said second curved portion, and said cusp portion; collecting and positioning a portion of at least one other wire present in said blood vessel with said cusp portion of said wire loop away from a junction of said first branch artery and said aorta before inserting said proximal end of said guide wire through said wire loop; inserting said proximal end of said guide wire through said wire loop; constricting said wire loop to capture said proximal end of said guide wire; and withdrawing said snare instrument with the captured proximal end of said guide wire through said second branch artery.
Claim 9
Independent Claim 280 words
A method of intraluminally transferring a guide wire from a first branch artery of the aorta to a second branch artery of the aorta, said method comprising the steps of: positioning a guide wire having a proximal end and a distal end in a first branch artery of the aorta, said distal end of said guide wire extending from said first branch artery into said aorta, said proximal end of said guide wire extending through said first branch artery; advancing a snare instrument through a second branch artery of said aorta to said aorta, said snare instrument including a tube and a snare wire, said tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said snare wire extending within said tube and capable of being extended from said distal end of said tube to form a wire loop having a first curved portion, a second curved portion and a cusp portion; extending said snare wire from said distal end of said tube within said aorta so that said snare wire forms said wire loop with said first curved portion, said second curved portion, and said cusp portion; collecting and positioning a portion of at least one other wire present in said blood vessel with said cusp portion of said wire loop away from a junction of said first branch artery and said aorta before inserting said proximal end of said guide wire through said wire loop; inserting said proximal end of said guide wire through said wire loop; constricting said wire loop to capture said proximal end of said guide wire; and withdrawing said snare instrument with the captured proximal end of said guide wire through said second branch artery.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 15 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein said wire loop has a substantially cardioidal shape.
Claim 11
Independent Claim 213 words
A method of capturing a guide wire within a lumen of a blood vessel, said method comprising the steps of: providing a snare instrument, said snare instrument including a tube and a snare wire, said tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said snare wire extending within said tube and capable of being extended from said distal end of said tube to form a wire loop having a first curved portion, a second curved portion and a cusp portion; advancing said snare instrument through said lumen of said blood vessel; extending said snare wire from said distal end of said tube within said blood vessel so that said snare wire forms said wire loop with said first curved portion, said second curved portion, and said cusp portion; inserting an end of said guide wire through said wire loop; constricting said wire loop to capture said end of said guide wire, said wire loop being constricted by retracting said snare wire within said distal end of said tube; and withdrawing said snare instrument with the captured end of said guide wire from said blood vessel, said guide wire including a flexible joint that facilitates bending of said guide wire when said snare wire is retracted within said distal end of said tube.
Claim 12
Independent Claim 213 words
A method of capturing a guide wire within a lumen of a blood vessel, said method comprising the steps of: providing a snare instrument, said snare instrument including a tube and a snare wire, said tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said snare wire extending within said tube and capable of being extended from said distal end of said tube to form a wire loop having a first curved portion, a second curved portion and a cusp portion; advancing said snare instrument through said lumen of said blood vessel; extending said snare wire from said distal end of said tube within said blood vessel so that said snare wire forms said wire loop with said first curved portion, said second curved portion, and said cusp portion; inserting an end of said guide wire through said wire loop; constricting said wire loop to capture said end of said guide wire, said wire loop being constricted by retracting said snare wire within said distal end of said tube; and withdrawing said snare instrument with the captured end of said guide wire from said blood vessel, said guide wire including a flexible joint that facilitates bending of said guide wire when said snare wire is retracted within said distal end of said tube.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said flexible joint comprises a hinge and said wire loop is constricted about said hinge to capture said guide wire.
Claim 14
Independent Claim 279 words
A method of intraluminally transferring a guide wire from a first branch artery of the aorta to a second branch artery of the aorta, said method comprising the steps of: positioning a guide wire having a proximal end and a distal end in a first branch artery of the aorta, said distal end of said guide wire extending from said first branch artery into said aorta, said proximal end of said guide wire extending through said first branch artery; advancing a snare instrument through a second branch artery of said aorta to said aorta, said snare instrument including a tube and a snare wire, said tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said snare wire extending within said tube and capable of being extended from said distal end of said tube to form a wire loop having a first curved portion, a second curved portion and a cusp portion; extending said snare wire from said distal end of said tube within said aorta so that said snare wire forms said wire loop with said first curved portion, said second curved portion, and said cusp portion, inserting said proximal end of said guide wire through said wire loop; constricting said wire loop to capture said proximal end of said guide wire, said wire loop being constricted by retracting said snare wire within said distal end of said tube; and withdrawing said snare instrument with the captured proximal end of said guide wire through said second branch artery, said proximal end of said guide wire including a flexible joint that facilitates bending of said guide wire when said snare wire is retracted within said distal end of said tube.
Claim 15
Independent Claim 279 words
A method of intraluminally transferring a guide wire from a first branch artery of the aorta to a second branch artery of the aorta, said method comprising the steps of: positioning a guide wire having a proximal end and a distal end in a first branch artery of the aorta, said distal end of said guide wire extending from said first branch artery into said aorta, said proximal end of said guide wire extending through said first branch artery; advancing a snare instrument through a second branch artery of said aorta to said aorta, said snare instrument including a tube and a snare wire, said tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said snare wire extending within said tube and capable of being extended from said distal end of said tube to form a wire loop having a first curved portion, a second curved portion and a cusp portion; extending said snare wire from said distal end of said tube within said aorta so that said snare wire forms said wire loop with said first curved portion, said second curved portion, and said cusp portion, inserting said proximal end of said guide wire through said wire loop; constricting said wire loop to capture said proximal end of said guide wire, said wire loop being constricted by retracting said snare wire within said distal end of said tube; and withdrawing said snare instrument with the captured proximal end of said guide wire through said second branch artery, said proximal end of said guide wire including a flexible joint that facilitates bending of said guide wire when said snare wire is retracted within said distal end of said tube.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 30 words
The method of claim 10 wherein said flexible joint comprises a hinge and said wire loop is constricted about said hinge to capture said proximal end of said guide wire.

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