Patent ID: 7706861
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A reinsertion tool for use in reinserting a guide wire into a guide wire channel of a catheter for use in a lumen of an endoscope, the reinsertion tool comprising: a main body having a lumen extending therethrough, the lumen sized to receive the catheter; a proximal portion of the main body, the proximal portion having means for removably securing the reinsertion tool to an endoscope port; a distal portion of the main body, the distal portion having means for engaging the channel of the catheter, the channel being formed in a side wall of the catheter and having a proximal channel end that is located distal of a proximal end of the catheter; wherein the distal portion has one or more slots to impart radial flexibility; and wherein the main body has a longitudinal slot formed therein.