Patent ID: 11883607
Assignee: GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 17, wherein
at least one filament platform in the filament bowl further comprises an access channel that extends horizontally between the rear end and the front end of the platform body, vertically between the top and the bottom of the platform body, or both horizontally and vertically, the channel being defined at least in part by access openings in individual stages in the plurality of stages, with the access openings being positioned between laterally adjacent sections of filament channels, and
gripping an endovascular filament in a filament raceway for extraction from the filament bowl comprises inserting a user's finger or a tool along the access channel so as to engage a length of the endovascular filament that is exposed at an access opening.