US 12,064,576 B2
Guidewire-management devices and methods thereof
Glade H. Howell, Draper, UT (US); Kevin Lloyd, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US); and Jason R. Stats, Layton, 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. 17/200,566.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/989,371, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0283381 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/09041 (2013.01) [A61M 2025/09066 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09116 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guidewire-management device, comprising:
a guidewire;
a first sleeve configured for distally feeding the guidewire out of the guidewire-management device or proximally feeding the guidewire into the guidewire-management device;
a second sleeve proximal of the first sleeve configured for feeding the guidewire in concert with the first sleeve, 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, the sterile barrier being a splittable casing configured to split off the guidewire while distally feeding the guidewire out of the guidewire-management device; and
a tubular conduit coupled with the first sleeve, the tubular conduit configured to receive a split-off portion of the splittable casing therein.
 
11. 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, 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, the sterile barrier being a splittable casing configured to split off the guidewire while distally feeding the guidewire out of the guidewire-management device;
a thumb wheel disposed under the guidewire between the first sleeve and the second sleeve configured to assist in distally feeding the guidewire out of the guidewire-management device by way of the first sleeve and proximally feeding the guidewire into the guidewire-management device by way of the first sleeve, wherein while proximally feeding the guidewire into the guidewire-management device, a split-off portion of the splittable casing is recombined with the guidewire; and
a tubular casing conduit coupled with the first sleeve, the tubular casing conduit configured to receive the split-off portion when the split-off portion is split off the guidewire.