Patent ID: 6639153
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: A61B,A61N,H02G

Abstract:
A device for detangling or preventing the tangling of a plurality of elongated flexible members, the device comprising:at least one slidable collar comprising at least one elongated bore for receiving at least one of the flexible members, wherein the slidable collar is slidable along the flexible members; a fixed collar comprising at least one elongated bore for receiving a plurality of flexible members, and wherein the fixed collar is fixed to the flexible members; and a plurality of retractable sheaths, each sheath surrounding at least a portion of two or more of the flexible members and fixed to the collar and the slidable collar, wherein each of the plurality are sheaths of adapted so as to surround a variable amount of the flexible members by sliding the slidable collar along the flexible member away from the fixed collar to extend at least one of the sheaths along the two or more flexible members so as to surround a variable amount of the flexible members.