US 12,186,494 B2
Guidewire-management devices and methods thereof
Glade H. Howell, Draper, UT (US); Kyle G. Thornley, Farmington, UT (US); and Juan Sepulveda, Centerville, UT (US)
Assigned to Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/200,630.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/989,397, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0283368 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [A61M 25/09041 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guidewire-management device, comprising:
a handle;
a guidewire;
a first sleeve formed in a distal portion of the handle;
a second sleeve formed in a proximal portion of the handle, wherein at least a length of the guidewire extending between the first sleeve and the second sleeve is disposed within a sterile barrier configured to maintain sterility of the guidewire;
a gapped guidewire conduit coupled to the second sleeve, a gap in the gapped guidewire conduit configured to allow the guidewire to be grasped and distally fed into the guidewire-management device by way of the second sleeve, wherein the gapped guidewire conduit includes a plug configured to allow a distal end of the guidewire to enter the first sleeve and prevent proximal displacement of the guidewire out of the first sleeve; and
a number of clips disposed along the gapped guidewire conduit, the number of clips configured to secure portions of the gapped guidewire conduit together in a coiled configuration, wherein a first clip is positioned on a first side of the gap and a second clip is positioned on a second side of the gap opposite the first side.