Patent ID: 8911406
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A catheter system for positioning a second guide wire adjacent to a first guide wire, said first guide wire located within a lumen in a living being, said catheter system comprising: an exchange catheter having at least first and second lumen segments and a reversible securement mechanism arranged to be engaged and disengaged, and while in an engaged position said reversible securement mechanism releasably and reversibly holds said second guide wire in a fixed position at or near a distal end of said exchange catheter, and wherein said first lumen segment is slidably arranged over said first guide wire to guide said catheter system along said first guide wire, and further wherein each of said first and second lumen segments comprises a distal opening, and said distal opening of said first lumen segment is distinct from said distal opening of said second lumen segment.