Patent ID: 7316678

Claim:
A system for accessing lumens in living beings for the facilitation of intraluminal medical procedures, said system comprising a first catheter, a catheter extension, and a control member; wherein said catheter extension comprises a proximal end; wherein said control member is attached to at least the proximal end of said catheter extension and extending proximally therefrom; wherein said catheter extension is slidably arranged within said first catheter, and further wherein said catheter extension and said first catheter together define a contiguous channel for aspiration of at least one of fluid and debris from said living beings; wherein a portion of said contiguous channel that is defined by said first catheter comprises a cross-sectional area that is larger than said cross-sectional area of that portion of said contiguous channel defined by said catheter extension, wherein said catheter extension has a length that is less than that of said first catheter; and said system further comprising a guide-wire and an interface, wherein said first catheter further comprises a proximal end, wherein said control member further comprises a distal end, wherein at least a portion of said first catheter and at least a portion of said control member are arranged to slidably accept said guide-wire, said guide-wire extending through an interior lumen of said first catheter at least to the proximal end of said first catheter, said guide-wire also extending through the distal end of the control member, said guide-wire passing from the first catheter to the control member at the interface.