Patent ID: 7744588

Claim:
A tubular instrument system arranged to be used with a guide-wire or other elongated guide member, the guide-wire or other guide member having a distal end portion arranged to be extended to some interior position within a lumen in the body of a living being, the guide-wire or other guide-member having a proximal end portion arranged to be located outside the body of the being, said tubular instrument system comprising at least a first tubular component and a second tubular component, wherein said first tubular component comprises an end portion arranged to be readily connected to the guide-wire or other guide member so that said first tubular component can be guided to a desired position within the body of the being along the guide-wire or other guide member, said end portion of said first tubular component comprising a connector establishing a first path into which a portion of the guide-wire or other guide member can be inserted from a lateral direction by a twisting action without requiring access to either end of the guide-wire or other guide member, said first tubular component arranged to have a fluid introduced therethrough, and wherein said second tubular component comprises an end portion arranged to readily connected to the guide-wire or other guide member so that said second tubular component can be guided to a desired position within the body of the being along the guide-wire or other guide member, said end portion of said second tubular component comprising a connector establishing a second path into which a portion of the guide-wire or other guide member can be inserted from a lateral direction by a twisting action without requiring access to either end of the guide-wire or other guide member, said second tubular component being arranged to evacuate fluid and debris therethrough.