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Intravascular catheter

US4299217A · kind A · utility

88Cited by
11References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1979
Grant dateNov 10, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 17, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2025/0039
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An intravascular catheter, comprising a hub having at least one branched tube mounted thereto apart from each other in the axial direction of the hub, a flexible double-walled tube having an inwardly tapered tip portion and consisting of an inner tube and an outer tube coaxial with the inner tube, providing an annular passageway between the outer wall of the inner tube and the inner wall of the outer tube and a needle removably inserted into the inner tube of the double walled tube. Further, the inner passageway has an opening at the tapered tip of the double-walled tube and the forward end of the annular passageway communicates with a bore or bores provided at the forward end portion of the outer tube excluding an upper portion thereof as defined by 20 in FIG. 6.

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