| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheath introducer for use with a catheter, having a hub, a flexible tube adapted for insertion into a patient, and a lock assembly that can grip or release the catheter upon rotation of a user interface without interfering with the operation of the introducer or the catheter. <P>SOLUTION: The sheath introducer for use with the catheter includes a hub and a tube through which the catheter extends, and the lock assembly having a rotational knob that actuates a plurality of prongs arranged in a radial pattern around a hole in the hub that receives the catheter. The plurality of prongs synchronously rotate in one direction to grip the catheter or in the other direction to release the catheter. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
