Assembly of wire inserter and lock for a medical wire

Claim 1

An assembly of a wire inserter, and a lock for a medical wire, comprising: a. an elongate housing; b. a proximal nozzle portion providedby the housing and defining an outlet bore; c. a push button cavity defined by the housing; d. a riser element in the cavity, the riser element defining an alignment slot aligned with the outlet bore of the nozzle; e. an exit bore defined by the housing positioned between the outlet bore and one end of the alignment slot; f. an entry bore defined by the housing and positioned at an opposed end of the alignment slot at the exit bore, the outlet bore, entry and exit bore, and alignment slot being aligned; g. an outwardly biased, spring loaded push button mounted on the riser element, the push button defining radially opposed bores, including wedge-shaped portions aligned with the alignment slot; and, h. a medical wire mounted for movement through the outlet bore, the entry and exit bores, the wedge shaped bores, and the alignment slot; whereby: i. when the push button is biased outwardly, the medical wire will be compressed into the wedge shaped portions of the radially opposed bores on the push button, and thereby lock the wire against movement along the housing; ii. additional locking action on the medical wire is provided along the entry and exit bores; and, iii. when the push button is pressed inwardly, the medical wire will be unlocked from the wedge-shaped portions of the opposed bores, and the entry exit bores for free movement through the housing.