FLEXIBLE GUIDE TUBE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

摘要

A flexible guide device is provided. The flexible guide device includes a housing having an internal channel, the internal channel including a first arcuate portion and a second linear portion; and a retractable guide tube assembly including an arcuate guide tube having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion slidingly positioned in the arcuate portion of the channel of the housing, the second portion being an actuating tube slidingly positioned in the linear portion of the channel of the housing, wherein the arcuate guide tube is controllably advanceable from the housing and retractable into the housing.