Patent ID: 8043316
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical system, comprising: a first medical device having a first medical device engaging end; an introducer including an introducer cannula having a proximal end and a distal end; and an axial distance adjustment system for providing an adjustable distance between at least a portion of the first medical device end and the introducer cannula distal end, wherein the adjustment system includes an inner member and an outer member, wherein one of the inner member and the outer member includes a first interference surface, the other of the inner member and the outer member includes a second interference surface and a third interference surface, the inner member is at least partially interposed within the outer member and selectively axially moveable therebetween, and wherein the inner member and the outer member are selectively restrained from axial movement therebetween when the first interference surface contacts one of the second interference surface and the third interference surface.