Patents Assigned to Medical Parameters, Incorporated
  • Guidewire advancement system
    Patent number: 4860757
    Abstract: A guidewire advancement system for inserting catheter guidewires into blood vessels, and more particularly a guidewire dispensing system for the controlled sterile insertion of a coiled spring guidewire to avoid infection of the patient. The system provides for the transmission of an electrical signal by the guidewire to determine its location within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Medical Parameters, Incorporated
    Inventors: Arthur S. Lynch, A. Walter MacEachern