US 11,864,794 B2
Percutaneous access systems and methods
Dennis Griffin, Englewood, CO (US); Leroy D. Geist, Aurora, CO (US); and LeRoy Jutte, Highlands Ranch, CO (US)
Assigned to Summit Access, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by Summit Access, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/499,776.
Application 17/499,776 is a continuation of application No. 16/460,994, filed on Jul. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,141,192, issued on Oct. 12, 2021.
Application 16/460,994 is a continuation of application No. 14/946,514, filed on Nov. 19, 2015, granted, now 10,335,195, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031356 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3439 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0074 (2013.01); A61M 25/0606 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3454 (2013.01); A61M 25/0105 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for accessing a desired location within a subject's body, comprising:
introducing a distal end of a cannula of a percutaneous access device through skin of a subject to the desired location, a proximal end of the cannula being fixed to a distal hub of a handle of the percutaneous access device; and
moving a proximal hub of the handle of the percutaneous access device proximally away from the distal hub while maintaining assembled relationships of the distal hub and the proximal hub with a remainder of the handle to withdraw an elongated instrument from the desired location while the distal end of the cannula remains positioned at the desired location.