APPARATUS FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATION OF ANALGESIA

摘要

A guide conduit (50) for positioning a catheter for the delivery of analgesia to a target site during a surgical procedure. A thumb rest (58) on a first member (52) cooperates with a finger rest (80) on a second member (54) of the guide conduit to allow the surgeon to activate sliding disengagement of tongue (76) and groove (78) members to allow the guide conduit to be removed from the surgical site without dislodging the catheter. The sliding engaged length d is less than a distance D between a proximal surface (82) of the finger rest and a proximal surface (84) of the thumb rest along a longitudinal axis L when the guide conduit is in an engaged configuration so that the surgeon can pinch the thumb rest and finger rest together between an index finger (104) and thumb (106) to disengage the tongue and groove members.