Patent ID: 9402649
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A medical device system comprising: a catheter with proximal and distal ends; a hollow chisel having a chisel passage therein, having a proximal and distal end, with a tip at the distal end, wherein the chisel's proximal end is proximate to the catheter's distal end; and an elongate member axially movable along the longitudinal axis of the catheter and chisel, where in the elongate member is a guidewire, a catheter, or fiber; wherein the tip is movable, in response to selective axial displacement of the elongate member, between a first position, in which the tip is disposed proximal to the axis, and a second position, in which the tip is spaced apart from the first position.