Patent · US Expired

Catheter with bulb

US4290428A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 1979
Grant dateSep 22, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 16, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M25/10
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This catheter for blood retroperfusion comprises a tube and a flexible bulb through which the tube passes; ports are formed in the tube portion surrounded by the bulb, and their total surface area is at least equal to the total surface area of the fluid passage of the tube between the latter and the cavity into which the catheter is introduced in actual use.

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