US 12,239,493 B2
Methods and devices for medical device placement
Ray King, Houston, TX (US); Ashok Gowda, Houston, TX (US); and Charles Houssiere, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Medical AccuFix, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 16/340,970
Filed by Medical AccuFix, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 12, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/056387
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 10, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/071702, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/407,472, filed on Oct. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0282320 A1, Sep. 19, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/14 (2016.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 90/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/11 (2016.02) [A61B 17/8645 (2013.01); A61B 17/8891 (2013.01); A61B 90/14 (2016.02); A61N 1/0539 (2013.01); A61B 17/844 (2013.01); A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/8685 (2013.01); A61B 2090/103 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for manipulating a medical device comprising:
a base having an approximately cylindrical form with proximal and distal ends, external threads, a first retaining feature and a base channel spanning from said proximal end to said distal end of said base;
a sleeve having proximal and distal ends, a span section, a first interface which couples to said base at said distal end of said sleeve, a second interface at said proximal end of said sleeve, a second retaining feature and a sleeve channel spanning from said proximal end to said distal end of said sleeve and being coextensive with said base channel;
an actuator having proximal and distal ends, a span section shorter than said span section of said sleeve, a first interface adapted to couple to said base at said distal end of said actuator, a second interface at said proximal end of said actuator adapted to couple with said second interface of said sleeve and an actuator channel spanning from said proximal end to said distal end of said actuator and being concentric with said span section of said sleeve; wherein said base channel and said sleeve channel are adapted to receive a medical device therethrough, said actuator being translatable along said span section of said sleeve between a first position and a second position, said first position engaging said first interface of said actuator with said base and said second position engaging said second interface of said actuator with said second interface of said sleeve; and
an inner screw in said base adapted to compress the first retaining feature when actuated by said first interface of said sleeve.