Claims
- 1. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, said catheter guide comprising a tubular member defining a central lumen to permit the passage therethrough of a catheter, wherein said tubular member has a catheter guide slot along its length, said catheter guide further comprising a base, wherein said base has a base opening that is contiguous with the catheter guide slot, and the base and tubular member form one integral piece, whereby said base is integral with the tubular member to form the catheter guide, thereby allowing an operator to remove said catheter guide through said catheter guide slot from the catheter.
- 2. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said catheter guide directs an angle of entry of the catheter at substantially 90 degrees into the human cranium.
- 3. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, as claimed in claim 2, wherein said catheter guide slot is along substantially the entire length of said tubular member.
- 4. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, said catheter guide comprising a tubular member defining a channel to permit the passage therethrough of a catheter, wherein said tubular member has a slot extending along the length of the tubular member and said catheter guide further comprises a separable base, wherein said base has a side base opening and wherein said tubular member further comprises a weakened area extending along the length of said tubular member and two wings attached, one on each side of said weakened area, whereby after the tubular member is separated from the base and the two wings are pressed together a separation is formed in the tubular member along the weakened area, thus allowing the catheter guide to be separated from the catheter.
- 5. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter as claimed in claim 4, wherein said side base opening is contiguous with the slot when the base is connected to the tubular member to form the catheter guide.
- 6. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a platform connected to the outside of said tubular member whereby said tubular member may be maintained in proper position when said tubular member is inserted into said base.
- 7. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, as claimed in claim 4, wherein said catheter guide directs an angle of entry of the catheter at substantially 90 degrees into the human cranium.
- 8. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, as claimed in claim 7, wherein said weakened area is a fracture line.
- 9. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, said catheter guide comprising a tubular member defining a catheter guide hollow to permit the passage therethrough of a catheter, wherein said tubular member further comprises a guide slot extending along the length of said tubular member and said catheter guide further comprises a base having a base slot extending along the length of said base, whereby the base slot is contiguous with the guide slot, and the base and the tubular member form one integral piece wherein said tubular member further comprises a tubular fracture line extending along the length of said tubular member and two wings are attached one on each side of said fracture line to said tubular member and said base further comprises a base fracture line contiguous with said tubular fracture line, whereby pressing on the wings of said tubular member splits apart said tubular member and said base along the tubular fracture line and the base fracture line, allowing the catheter guide to be separated from the catheter.
- 10. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, as claimed in claim 9 wherein said catheter guide directs an angle of entry of the catheter at substantially 90 degrees into the human cranium.
- 11. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, as claimed in claim 10 wherein said tubular fracture line extends along substantially the entire length of said tubular member.
- 12. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, said catheter guide comprising a tubular member defining a central lumen to permit the passage therethrough of a catheter, wherein said tubular member has a catheter guide slot along its length contiguous with said central lumen, and said catheter guide further comprises a base, said base defining a central lumen for holding the tubular member, whereby the tubular member may be removably inserted in said base, said base has a base slot that may be aligned with the catheter guide slot, whereby said catheter guide may be removed from the catheter through the catheter guide slot.
- 13. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide rom the catheter, as claimed in claim 12, wherein said catheter guide directs an angle of entry of the catheter at substantially 90 degrees into the human cranium.
- 14. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, as claimed in claim 13, wherein said tubular member has a platform, whereby the tubular member is prevented from further descending into the central lumen of said base.
- 15. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, as claimed in claim 14, wherein said tubular member has a grip, whereby a user may hold the tubular member.
- 16. A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, as claimed in claim 15, wherein said base has a protrusion and said tubular member defines a space for mating with said protrusion whereby said base may be snapped together to said tubular member.
- 17. A tubular member for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the tubular member from the catheter, wherein said tubular member defines a central lumen to permit the passage therethrough of said catheter, wherein said tubular member has a slot along its length contiguous with said central lumen to allow for the removal of said tubular member from said catheter, and said tubular member is removably insertable into a base having an opening for receiving the tubular member.
- 18. A tubular member for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the tubular member from the catheter, as in claim 17, wherein said tubular member has a platform for stopping said tubular member from further descending into the opening of said base.
- 19. A tubular member for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the tubular member from the catheter, as in claim 17, wherein said tubular member has a grip for allowing a user to hold said tubular member.
- 20. A base for holding a tubular member and catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the tubular member and catheter therefrom, wherein said base defines a central lumen to permit receiving of said tubular member, wherein said base has a slot along its length, said slot is contiguous with said central lumen, whereby the base is removably attachable to said tubular member, thereby allowing an operator to remove said tubular member from said base through the slot.
- 21. A base for holding a tubular member and catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the tubular member and catheter therefrom, as in claim 20, wherein said base has an upper surface having a protrusion, thereby allowing the base to be attached to an opening in said tubular member.
- 22. A base for holding a tubular member and catheter and allowing for ease in removal of the tubular member and catheter therefrom, as in claim 20, wherein said base has a plurality of legs defining a plane.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority of and is a continuation-in-part application to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/677,053 filed Sep. 29, 2000, now pending, which claims priority of and is a continuation to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/290,332 filed Apr. 12, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,206,885, issued Mar. 27, 2001, which claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/081,696, filed Apr. 14, 1998, and claims the benefit of the earliest filing date, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120. The contents of all of the foregoing non-provisional applications are fully incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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Continuations (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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