Assembly with a guide wire and a fixator for attaching to a blood vessel

Abstract

A fixator assembly comprising a fixator for fixing inside a blood vessel, the fixator being able to slide proximally along a guide wire. The assembly comprising means for preventing the fixator from moving distally of the preventing means. A tubular element for introduction into a blood vessel of a person, the tubular element comprising an end opening and a plurality of side openings as well as a transport wire extending from inside the tubular element and to the surroundings thereof through an individual side opening.

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         15 . A tubular element, comprising:
 a main tube having an inner space defined between a first and a second end portion along a longitudinal axis of the main tube and at least an end opening at the first end portion from the inner space to surroundings of the main tube,   at least a first and a second side opening each being positioned between the first and second end portions,   a transport wire element, having a first part and a plurality of second parts, the first part extending from inside the main tube and out of the tubular element through the end opening, the second parts extending from inside the main tube and out of the tubular element through separate side openings.   
     
     
         16 . The tubular element according to  claim 15 , wherein:
 the tubular element comprises a branch tube attached to the main tube and opening into the main tube, one side opening being an opening from the surroundings into the branch tube, and   one second part of the transport wire element extends from an inner volume of the main tube and out of the tubular element through the branch tube and the first side opening.   
     
     
         17 . A tubular element, comprising:
 a main tube having an inner space defined between a first and a second end portion along a longitudinal axis of the main tube and at least a first end opening at the first end portion from the inner space to surroundings of the main tube,   a plurality of side openings positioned between the first and second end portions between the inner space and the surroundings,   a transport wire element having a first part, which extends from the inner space and out of the tubular element through the first end opening, and a plurality of second parts, each extending from the inner space and out of the tubular element through respective side openings,   for use in a method comprising positioning the tubular element in a main blood vessel, having a branch vessel, of a person or animal by:
 providing an assembly having a guide wire and a fixator adapted to be releasably attached to an inner side of the branch vessel, the fixator being attached to the guide wire, which guide wire has a distal end for introduction into the branch vessel and a proximal end, 
 introducing the fixator into the branch vessel, via the main blood vessel, and fixing the fixator to the branch vessel, 
 providing the tubular element inside the main blood vessel so that the first and second parts of the transport wire element are engageable from outside a patient, 
 fixing or attaching one of the second parts of the transport wire element to the guide wire, 
 pulling the first part of the transport wire element to have the guide wire extend from the fixator through a pertaining side opening of the plurality of side openings, an inner volume of the main tube, and the first end opening, and 
 leaving the tubular element in the patient. 
   
     
     
         18 . The tubular element according to  claim 17 , wherein:
 the tubular element comprises a branch tube attached to the main tube and opening into the main tube, one side opening being an opening from the surroundings into the branch tube, and   one second part of the transport wire element extends from the inner volume of the main tube and out of the tubular element through the branch tube and the one side opening.   
     
     
         19 . The tubular element according to  claim 17 , wherein the main blood vessel has a plurality of branch vessels and wherein:
 the providing includes providing a plurality of the assemblies,   the introducing includes introducing separate, respective fixators into separate, respective branch vessels of the assemblies and fixing the fixators in the branch vessels,   the fixing or attaching includes fixing or attaching each guide wire to a separate second part, where the branch vessel in which the guide wire is fixed corresponds to the side opening through which the separate second part extends, and   the pulling includes pulling the first part such that the guide wires extend from individual fixators of the fixators through separate, respective side openings and the inner volume of the main tube, the end opening, and toward an outside of the patient.