Patent ID: 11931526
Assignee: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A medical device comprising:
a housing, the housing having a catheter holder that is configured to hold a catheter in a coiled configuration, the housing having a first opening formed in a forward end thereof through which a distal end of the catheter passes when the catheter is being deployed;
a first actuator mechanism mechanically coupled to the housing and to the catheter, the first actuator mechanism being controllable with a digit of a hand of a user to cause the catheter to be fed out of the catheter holder and to move along a catheter pathway of the housing in a first direction;
a first port mechanically coupled to, or integrally formed in, the housing, the first port being adapted to introduce a fluid into the housing; and
a first valve mechanically coupled to the housing, the first valve being configured to be placed in at least a first position that allows fluid received in the first port to enter a first inner region of the housing and a second position that prevents fluid received in the first port from entering the first inner region of the housing, the first valve being controllable with a digit of a hand of the user to cause the first valve to be placed in one of the first position and the second position,
wherein the first valve comprises a cylindrical body having first and second bores formed therein, the cylindrical body being movable via a digit of the first hand of the user in an axial direction of the cylindrical body from the first position to the second position and vice versa, wherein when the first valve is in the first position, the first bore provides a pathway for fluid to flow from the first port into the first inner region of the housing and to the first opening formed in the forward end of the housing, and wherein when the first valve is in the second position, the second bore provides a pathway that coincides with the catheter pathway to allow the catheter to move along the catheter pathway between the first opening formed in the forward end of the housing and the catheter holder.