Patent ID: 8066753

Claim:
A catheter system comprising a catheter having a tubular body, a lumen extending through the tubular body, a proximal end of the tubular body, a distal end region terminating at a distal end of the tubular body opposite the proximal end, the tubular body having a separable portion at the distal end region; a guidewire passing within the lumen and removable transversely from the distal end region of the catheter through the separable portion; the catheter having a first side opening in the tubular body and a second side opening in the tubular body, the second side opening being located between the first side opening and the separable portion; the guidewire being threaded from the distal end of the catheter into the lumen under the separable portion, out of the second side opening over a portion of the tubular body, into the first side opening and out of the lumen through the proximal end.