Patent ID: 9155603
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A medical device comprising: an insertion member with a tip, the insertion member having a curved portion proximate the tip of the insertion member and a straight portion distally located from the tip; a housing configured to house at least a portion of the insertion member, the housing defining an insertion member channel, wherein the curved and straight portions of the insertion member are configured to be placed into the insertion member channel within the housing of the insertion member, the insertion member channel including a curved portion; an adjustment member coupled to the insertion member distally and configured to be advanced and retracted, thereby advancing and retracting the insertion member with respect to the housing; and a button moveably coupled to a portion of the housing having the curved portion of the insertion member channel, the button configured to elevate away from a surface of the housing as the insertion member advances with respect to the housing and configured to be lowered toward the housing by an application of force and contact the insertion member so as to deflect and friction fit the insertion member within the insertion member channel, wherein the button is further configured to temporarily fix location of the insertion member with respect to the housing, wherein the straight portion of the insertion member is configured to retract and move from the curved portion of the insertion member channel toward a straight portion of the insertion member channel.