Abstract: A balloon angioplasty inflation device and method of inflating a balloon includes a syringe body having a fluid chamber, a plunger slidably disposed within the fluid chamber, and a coupling member coupling the plunger to the syringe body. The plunger includes a plunger valve and a seal including a pressure valve allowing air through the seal. The plunger valve is rotatable between an open position and a closed position to selectively allow air to escape the fluid chamber. The method includes connecting the inflation device to a balloon, drawing the plunger to create a negative pressure to withdraw air from the balloon to the fluid chamber, rotating the plunger valve to the open position to evacuate the air from the fluid chamber, rotating the plunger valve to the closed position to seal the fluid chamber, and inflating the balloon to a desired pressure with a contrast-saline solution.

Abstract: A balloon angioplasty inflation device and method of inflating a balloon includes a syringe body having a fluid chamber, a plunger slidably disposed within the fluid chamber, and a coupling member coupling the plunger to the syringe body. The plunger includes a plunger valve and a seal including a pressure valve allowing air through the seal. The plunger valve is rotatable between an open position and a closed position to selectively allow air to escape the fluid chamber. The method includes connecting the inflation device to a balloon, drawing the plunger to create a negative pressure to withdraw air from the balloon to the fluid chamber, rotating the plunger valve to the open position to evacuate the air from the fluid chamber, rotating the plunger valve to the closed position to seal the fluid chamber, and inflating the balloon to a desired pressure with a contrast-saline solution.

Abstract: A device for loading a guide wire into the open end of a tubular instrument, such as a catheter. The device can be a block of material having a groove in its surface. The ends of the guide wire and the tubular instrument are placed into the groove and moved toward each other. When the ends meet, the groove guides the guide wire into the open end of the tubular instrument. The groove, or at least a portion of the groove, can have a cross-sectional contour that closely matches the outside radius of the tubular instrument. The groove can have a substantially vertical wall and a substantially non-vertical wall. A variety of attachment mechanisms may be provided for attaching the device to a towel draping a patient.

Abstract: A device for loading a guide wire into the open end of a tubular instrument such as a catheter. The device can be a block of material having a groove in its surface. The ends of the guide wire and the tubular instrument are placed into the groove and moved toward each other. When the ends meet, the groove guides the guide wire into the open end of the tubular instrument. The groove, or at least a portion of the groove, can have a cross-sectional contour that closely matches the outside radius of the tubular instrument. The groove can have one portion with a shallower depth than the other portion, with the guide wire run in the shallower portion and the tubular instrument in the deeper portion. The guide wire and the tubular instrument can be angled above the device, with just their ends moving along the groove.

Abstract: A device for loading a guide wire into the open end of a tubular instrument such as a catheter. The device can be a block of material having a groove in its surface. The ends of the guide wire and the tubular instrument are placed into the groove and moved toward each other. When the ends meet, the groove guides the guide wire into the open end of the tubular instrument. The groove, or at least a portion of the groove, can have a cross-sectional contour that closely matches the outside radius of the tubular instrument. The groove can have one portion with a shallower depth than the other portion, with the guide wire run in the shallower portion and the tubular instrument in the deeper portion. The guide wire and the tubular instrument can be angled above the device, with just their ends moving along the groove.

Abstract: A device for loading a guide wire into the open end of a tubular instrument, such as a catheter. The device can be a block of material having a groove in its surface. The ends of the guide wire and the tubular instrument are placed into the groove and moved toward each other. When the ends meet, the groove guides the guide wire into the open end of the tubular instrument. The groove, or at least a portion of the groove, can have a cross-sectional contour that closely matches the outside radius of the tubular instrument. The groove can have a substantially vertical wall and a substantially non-vertical wall. A variety of attachment mechanisms may be provided for attaching the device to a towel draping a patient.