Patent ID: 8690858
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. An implant system comprising a first catheter, comprising a first catheter body sized and configure for axial advancement over a guide wire, the first catheter body including a guide wire lumen and an auxiliary lumen independent of the guide wire lumen, said first catheter including an elongated shaft having a distal end, and a first head carried at the distal end in which the distal opening is formed, wherein the first head includes magnetic or ferromagnetic materials, a second catheter, comprising a second catheter body sized and configure for axial advancement over a guide wire, the second catheter body including a distal end and an inner lumen, said second catheter including a second head and a lumen extension that communicates with the inner lumen of the second catheter body, wherein the second head includes magnetic or ferromagnetic materials wherein each of the first and the second heads includes a distal magnetic portion, a center magnetic portion and a proximal magnetic portion wherein each of the distal magnetic portion has a first end and a second end, the first end having a first magnetic polarity and the second end having a second opposite magnetic polarity; each of the center magnetic portion has a first end and a second end, the first end having a first magnetic polarity and the second end having a second opposite magnetic polarity; each of the proximal magnetic portion has a first end and a second end, the first end having a first magnetic polarity and the second end having a second opposite magnetic polarity; and the magnetic polarity of each of the first ends of the distal magnetic portion, the center magnetic portion and the proximal magnetic portion is the same wherein each of the distal magnetic portion is arranged such that the first end is adjacent the center magnetic portion; and the proximal magnetic portion is arranged such that the first end is adjacent the center magnetic portion whereby distal region of the second head will magnetically couple to the middle region of the first head to place the lumen exit opening at a distal end of the second head in an alignment with the auxiliary lumen exit at the middle region of the first head, thereby accommodating passage of an operative component between the first and second catheters.