Patent ID: 9724195
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61M

Claim:
1. A catheter system comprising: a first wire configured to be positioned at a first location; a translatable catheter configured to be positioned at a second location and movable between a first position at which the translatable catheter is at or proximate the first location and a second position at which the translatable catheter is at the second location, wherein the translatable catheter includes a side opening that has an axis that intersects a longitudinal axis of the translatable catheter and the side opening is spaced from a distal end of the translatable catheter; and a translation element configured to move the translatable catheter from the first position to the second position in a substantially linear fashion, while the first wire is maintained at the first location, wherein a distal end of the translation element is coupled to the first wire and the translation element passes through the side opening of the translatable catheter and travels within a lumen thereof and is configured to allow a length of the translation element, as measured between the first wire and translatable catheter, to be changed in situ by a user so as to move the translatable catheter from the first position to the second position, wherein a location at which the distal end of the translation element is coupled to the first wire is adjustable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the first wire.