Patent ID: 9011412
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a guide catheter insertable through an external body passage of a subject, said guide catheter having a substantially rigid shaft, a proximal opening, a distal opening and a lumen extending between the proximal opening and the distal opening; a handle coupled to the guide catheter, the handle having a handle opening, a handle coupling and a structure, wherein the structure is configured to allow a position of the guide catheter to be controlled by some or all of three fingers of one hand of an operator of the handle, and wherein the handle coupling is configured to couple a source of suction to the lumen; and a working device adapted to be insertable through the handle opening into the lumen of the guide catheter, wherein the structure of the handle is adapted to permit the operator to position a thumb and index finger of the hand to manipulate the working device via a portion of the working device immediately adjacent to the handle opening and to control, by one of the thumb or index finger, an amount of suction coupled to the distal opening of the lumen.