Patent ID: 6569151
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A tubular instrument arranged to be used with a guide-wire or other elongated guide member, the guide wire or other elongated guide member having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the distal end portion of the guide-wire or other elongated guide member being arranged to be extended to some interior position within a lumen in the body of a living being, with the proximal end portion being located outside the body of the being, said tubular instrument having an end portion arranged to readily connect said instrument to said guide-wire or other elongated guide member so that said tubular instrument can be guided to a desired position within the body of the being along the guide-wire or other elongated guide member, said tubular instrument having a connector at said distal end, said connector establishing a helical path into which a portion of the guide-wire or other elongated guide member can be inserted from a lateral direction by a twisting action and retained therein without requiring access to either end of the guide-wire or other elongated guide member.