Patent ID: 9656062
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,A61N

Claim:
1. A device adapted for the placement of a conduit at a target site on a tissue surface, the device comprising: (a) a hollow conduit guide having a conduit guide distal end, and connected to a conduit guide head at said conduit guide distal end; (b) a conduit extending through said hollow conduit guide and having a conduit distal end portion, said conduit distal end portion extending from said conduit guide head for contact with said tissue surface, and releasably engaging said conduit guide head; (c) an elongated body having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and having a proximal inlet and a distal conduit outlet for extending said conduit guide head therethrough for contacting said conduit with said tissue surface, said elongated body comprising (1) a conduit receiving passageway for receiving and conducting said conduit guide head extending between said proximal inlet and said distal conduit outlet therethrough, and (2) a lumen adapted to provide suction to said distal end portion; (d) a suction foot portion in fluid communication with said lumen, said suction foot portion tiltably attached to said distal end portion such that said suction foot may be tilted about two axes with respect to said longitudinal axis; said conduit guide head adapted to releasably engage said suction foot portion such that such engagement is of sufficient strength to maintain the position of said conduit distal end portion as it engages said tissue surface, and sufficiently releasable such that said conduit guide head may be released from said suction foot portion once said conduit is attached to said tissue surface; and (e) an actuator extending from said proximal end portion to said distal end portion and adapted to tilt said suction foot portion about a first of said axes.