| 摘要 |
A steering device for directing passage of a remote portion of a length of wire, preferably a guide wire for use in percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The steering device includes a releasable gripping means for releasably gripping a proximate portion of the length of wire. The gripping mechanism includes opposing gripping surfaces which cooperate to grip the proximate portion of the length of wire therebetween when said gripping mechanism is manipulated by the exertion of a translational force so that it is in a gripping position and the device grips the length of wire.
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