Patent ID: 9179823
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61B,A61M,G02B

Abstract:
1. A quick release connector for use with an illuminating guidewire, said quick release connector comprising: a main body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a channel in said distal end portion and opening to a distal end of said main body, said channel configured and dimensioned to slidably receive a proximal end portion of the illuminating guidewire; a tapering light channel in said proximal end portion and opening to a proximal end of said main body, wherein said to tapering light channel is configured to adapt a relatively larger inside diameter of a light channel to a relatively smaller diameter of the proximal end of the illuminating guidewire; and a quick release locking mechanism configured to assume a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein when in said locked position, said quick release locking mechanism fixes the proximal end portion of the illuminating guidewire in said channel; wherein said channel of said quick release locking mechanism directly engages the proximal end portion of the illuminating guidewire.