Patent ID: 8840568
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A tool for turning a guide wire and for inserting the guide wire in a catheter in a distal-to-proximal direction, the tool comprising: a gripping portion configured for securely holding the guide wire; a receiving portion configured for securely receiving a distal end of the catheter therein to be aligned with the held guide wire, the receiving portion being disposed proximally to the gripping portion; and cooperating portions of the gripping and receiving portions configured to allow for relative shifting of the gripping and receiving portions toward and away from each other while maintaining the alignment between the guide wire and catheter for introducing and fitting the guide wire in a distal end opening of the catheter upon relative shifting of the gripping and receiving portions toward each other and including restraining structure that keeps the gripping and receiving portions non-rotatably engaged with each other upon relative shifting of the gripping and receiving portions towards each other for allowing the receiving portion to be used to apply a turning force to the held guide wire.