INTEGRATED GUIDEWIRE NEEDLE KNIFE DEVICE

• Main Authors: NOBIS, RUDOLPH H, BAKOS, GREGORY J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 01.11.2007
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DIAGNOSIS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; SURGERY; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

Devices and methods for translumenal access are provided. In one embodiment, a device for translumenal access includes an elongate member having proximal a nd distal ends and a lumen extending therethrough. A tissue-penetrating wire can extend through the lumen, and in use the wire can be selectively movable between a retracted position where the wire is in a constrained configuration within the lumen and an extended position in which a portion of the wire extends a distance beyond a distal end of the elongate member. The portion of wire which extends the distance beyond the distal end of the elongate member can be adapted to assume a non-linear unconstrained configuration to prevent injury to the tissue and/or tissue structures adjacent to the tissue.