Patent ID: 8850676
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to aid in inserting a guidewire into a guidewire lumen of a catheter, the apparatus comprising: a pliable loading coupler having a catheter insertion end, a guidewire insertion end, and a continuous lumen extending therebetween, the continuous lumen including a guidewire receiving portion, and catheter receiving portion, and a middle portion disposed between the guidewire receiving portion and the catheter receiving portion, a longitudinally-extending area of weakness formed along a length of the pliable loading coupler; and a tab radially extending from the pliable loading coupler, wherein the tab is adapted to be gripped by a user in order to remove the pliable loading coupler from the catheter via the area of weakness.