MEDICAL DEVICE FOR DISPOSING IN VIVO INDWELLING MEMBER AND METHOD OF DISPOSING THE MEMBER

Title:

MEDICAL DEVICE FOR DISPOSING IN VIVO INDWELLING MEMBER AND METHOD OF DISPOSING THE MEMBER

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/1999/022651

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A medical device and a method of disposing the device, capable of changing or adjusting the length or amount of in vivo indwelling member which has been actually disposed even after the member is inserted into the living body, and capable of disposing an in vivo indwelling member having a suitable length or a suitable amount. The medical device for disposing the in vivo indwelling member comprises a catheter inserted into the living body and having an electrode at the distal end thereof and a wire device guided by the catheter. The wire device comprises a wire and in vivo indwelling members comprising a plurality of in vivo indwelling elements connected to the distal end of the wire by a first cuttable connecting member and interconnected serially through at least one cuttable second connecting member, and the first or second connecting member is cut off under the state where the in vivo indwelling member protrudes from the catheter.

Inventors:

OGAWA ATSUSHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP1998/004894

Publication Date:

May 14, 1999

Filing Date:

October 29, 1998

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Assignee:

KANEKA MEDIX CORP (JP)
OGAWA ATSUSHI (JP)

International Classes:

A61B17/12; (IPC1-7): A61B17/12

Foreign References:

JPH08509901A	1996-10-22
JPH07503165A	1995-04-06
JPH05500322A	1993-01-28
JPH07265431A	1995-10-17

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