Patent ID: 6423080
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of inserting a guide member into a body tissue, comprising the steps of:percutaneously inserting a shaft of a first guide member placement device; advancing said shaft of said first guide member placement device through the body tissue to a central point through which the guide member will pass; percutaneously inserting a shaft of a second guide member placement device; advancing said shaft of said second guide member placement device through the body tissue to said central point through which the guide member will pass inserting the shafts of the first and second guide member placement devices into a pre-formed opening or pocket in the body tissue; coupling an engaging member on a distal end of said shaft of said first guide member placement device to an engaging member on a distal end of said shaft of said second guide member placement device such that a lumen in said shaft of said first guide member placement device is in fluid communication with a lumen in said shaft of said second guide member placement device; passing a guide member through said lumens of said coupled shafts of said first guide member placement device and said second guide member placement device; and removing said shaft of said first guide member placement device and said shaft of said second guide member placement device from the body, thereby leaving said guide member in the body tissue.