US 12,156,981 B2
Guidewire feeder
Tal Hammer, Ramat Gan (IL); Meir Kutzik, Holon (IL); Tal Reich, Moledet (IL); and Alexei Koifman, Melbourne (AU)
Assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,349.
Application 18/059,349 is a continuation of application No. 16/551,607, filed on Aug. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,534,583, issued on Dec. 27, 2022.
Application 16/551,607 is a continuation of application No. 14/209,171, filed on Mar. 13, 2014, granted, now 10,449,333, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/782,121, filed on Mar. 14, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0173524 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/09041 (2013.01) [A61M 2025/09116 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
moving a distal end of a percutaneous medical device in a proximal direction away from an anatomical site of a body of a subject, the medical device being coupled to a first housing, a second housing being coupled to the first housing, and a guidewire being slidable through the medical device; and
simultaneously, maintaining a position of a distal end of the guidewire with respect to the anatomical site by moving the second housing toward the first housing.