Patent ID: 8696599
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical system for coupling to a previously introduced wire guide during intracorporeal procedures, the medical system comprising: a supplemental wire guide having a main body and a distal end, the distal end including a wound outer coil; a tracking element configured to track over the previously introduced wire guide intracorporeally, the tracking element having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion defining a first passageway and the second portion defining a second passageway; the first passageway sized to receive the previously introduced wire guide therein and permit translation of the tracking element relative to the previously introduced wire guide; the second passageway sized to receive the supplemental wire guide, the second portion of the tracking element defining internal threads over at least a portion of the second passageway, the internal threads sized and structured to matingly receive the wound outer coil of the distal end of the supplemental wire guide; and the medical system operable between a coupled configuration and a decoupled configuration, the supplemental wire guide attached to the tracking element in the coupled configuration such that translation of the supplemental wire guide causes translation of the tracking element, the supplemental wire guide detached from the tracking element in the decoupled configuration for independent translation of the supplemental wire guide relative to the tracking element.