US 12,226,242 B2
Safety apparatus
Peter Jeffrey Young, King's Lynn (GB)
Assigned to VENNER MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES SA, Jersey (GB); Maryanne Mariyaselvam, King's Lynn (GB); and Peter Jeffrey Young, King's Lynn (GB)
Filed by VENNER MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES SA, Jersey (GB); Maryanne Mariyaselvam, King's Lynn (GB); and Peter Jeffrey Young, King's Lynn (GB)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/570,242.
Application 17/570,242 is a continuation of application No. 15/752,874, granted, now 11,246,676, previously published as PCT/GB2016/052536, filed on Aug. 16, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 1514560 (GB), filed on Aug. 16, 2015; application No. 1522150 (GB), filed on Dec. 15, 2015; and application No. 1522226 (GB), filed on Dec. 16, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142726 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/30 (2016.02) [A61B 2050/005 (2016.02); A61B 2050/0056 (2016.02); A61B 2050/0067 (2016.02); A61B 2050/0078 (2016.02); A61B 2050/0079 (2016.02)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety apparatus for use in a medical procedure, the safety apparatus comprising:
at least first and second devices for use in an invasive surgical procedure, and
further comprising a disabling mechanism releasably retaining and thereby preventing use of the second device until release by a release procedure using the first device,
wherein the first device is a guide wire.