Patent ID: 8157851
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for performing an interventional procedure, comprising: a flexible catheter shaft having proximal and distal ends; a guidewire extending through a lumen in the distal end of said catheter shaft; and a sealing member having a first passage adapted to slidably receive the catheter shaft entirely through the sealing member in a fluid-tight sealed manner, and a second passage adapted to slidably receive the guidewire entirely through the sealing member in a fluid-tight sealed manner, the first and second passages being separate and spaced apart entirely through the sealing member, the sealing member being non-separable and comprised at least in part of a compliant elastomeric material forming the first and second passages which each maintain through-hole openings sized to receive the respective catheter shaft and guidewire, wherein the sealing member is adapted to be retained temporarily in a stationary position while the catheter shaft and guidewire remain freely slidable relative to the sealing member through each respective passage while remaining in sealing engagement therewith.