US 12,109,377 B2
Device and method for single-handed access and insertion of an article
Andres Ornelas Vargas, Mexico City (MX); Brandon James Hudik, Bordentown, NJ (US); Jason Chin, New Haven, CT (US); Juan Arroyo Ornelas, Nashville, TN (US); and Blake Thomson, Franklin, TN (US)
Assigned to Acantha Medical, LLC, The Woodlands, TX (US)
Filed by Andres Ornelas Vargas, Mexico City (MX); Brandon James Hudik, Bordentown, NJ (US); Jason Chin, New Haven, CT (US); Juan Arroyo Ornelas, Nashville, TN (US); and Blake Thomson, Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,119.
Application 17/657,119 is a continuation of application No. 15/489,683, filed on Apr. 17, 2017, granted, now 11,285,301.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/447,037, filed on Jan. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/323,767, filed on Apr. 17, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218958 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 39/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/09041 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61M 25/065 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 25/0693 (2013.01); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3405 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3413 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0113 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 39/22 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insertion apparatus for inserting an object into a body, comprising:
an elongated housing having a distal end and a proximal end, at least one fixed handle extending from the proximal end of the housing, and a guidewire sheath clip disposed on an upper surface of the housing adjacent the proximal end;
a piercing structure with a lumen disposed adjacent the upper surface of the housing, wherein the piercing structure extends from the distal end of the housing;
a vacuum chamber disposed with in the housing and that communicates with the lumen of the piercing structure;
a plunger configured to fit within the vacuum chamber and having a handle external to the chamber and disposed adjacent the distal end of the housing when the plunger is fully disposed in the chamber; and
a guidewire extending from the guidewire sheath clip into the lumen;
a protuberance disposed on the housing between the guidewire clip and the piercing structure arranged so that a digit of a use can sandwich the guidewire between the digit and the protuberance;
wherein the insertion apparatus is configured to be gripped with a single hand and the plunger retracted from the fully disposed condition with another digit of the single hand.