US 11,865,271 B2
Counting apparatus for use in interventional procedures
Jim C. Beasley, Phoenix, AZ (US); Justin Hall, Mesa, AZ (US); Scott Randall, Mesa, AZ (US); and Stephanie Klocke, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to CLEARSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Enniscorthy (IE)
Filed by CLEARSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Enniscorthy (IE)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/724,987.
Application 16/724,987 is a continuation of application No. 16/527,883, filed on Jul. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,712,541.
Application 16/527,883 is a continuation of application No. 14/758,605, granted, now 10,589,066, previously published as PCT/IB2013/003068, filed on Dec. 31, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/747,412, filed on Dec. 31, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0121892 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/01 (2013.01) [A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61M 25/0097 (2013.01); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for use in connection with a medical procedure, comprising:
an implement in the form of a catheter or a guidewire for performing the medical procedure;
a tubular body having a first end wall, a second end wall and a sidewall defining an interior passage extending from the first end wall to the second end wall and adapted for receiving the implement, the interior passage having an inlet and an outlet; and
a mechanical counter between the inlet and the outlet of the interior passage for counting and displaying on the sidewall of the tubular body a linear distance the implement moves through the interior passage.